Xbox Insider Launch Notes – Alpha Skip-Forward (2408.231003-2000)

Hey Xbox Insiders! We’ve got a brand new Xbox Replace Preview coming to the Alpha Skip-Forward ring. It’s necessary we observe that some updates made in these preview OS builds embody background enhancements that guarantee a high quality and secure construct for Xbox consoles.

We proceed to submit these launch notes, even when the noticeable adjustments to the UI are minimal, so that you’re conscious when updates are coming to your system. Particulars could be discovered beneath!

System Replace Particulars:

• OS model launched: RS_XBOX_DEV_FLIGHT25965.1008.231003-2000
• Accessible: 2 p.m. PT – October 6, 2023
• Obligatory: 3 a.m. PT – October 7, 2023

Fixes Carried out

Due to the arduous work of Xbox engineers, we’re joyful to announce the next fixes have been carried out for this construct:

System

• Numerous updates to correctly mirror native languages throughout the console.
  • Word: Customers collaborating in Preview might even see “odd” textual content throughout the console, for extra data go right here.

Recognized Points

We perceive some points have been listed in earlier Xbox Insider Launch Notes. This stuff aren’t being ignored, however it’ll take Xbox engineers extra time to discover a answer.

Audio

• We’ve got obtained experiences of customers experiencing intermittent points with audio throughout the dashboard, video games, and apps. If in case you have skilled points, ensure you may have the newest firmware updates in your TV and different tools. Should you’re uncertain, you might have to contact the producer for help.
  • Word: Should you proceed to expertise points after making use of the newest firmware updates, please submit suggestions through Report a Drawback instantly with the “Reproduce with superior diagnostics” choice, then choose the class “Console experiences” and “Console Audio Output Points”. Make sure to embody as a lot data as doable:
    • When did the difficulty begin?
    • Did you lose audio simply within the sport/app or system audio as effectively?
    • Does altering the audio format resolve the difficulty? If sure, what was the format earlier than and after?
    • Does rebooting resolve the difficulty?
    • What does your setup embody? Gear, structure, and so forth.
    • And any further data you possibly can present to breed the issue.

Video games

• We’ve got obtained experiences of points with in-game social gathering administration in some titles, and we’re investigating.
• We’re investigating experiences of an surprising cursor remaining seen throughout gameplay in some titles.
  • Workaround: If in case you have a bodily mouse linked your console, you possibly can transfer the cursor out of the way in which, or disconnecting it ought to take away the cursor.

Set up

• We’re investigating experiences of the Microsoft Retailer getting caught at 100% when updating/putting in. Should you expertise this, please be sure you file suggestions through Report a Drawback.
  • Workaround: First, if the Microsoft Retailer has lately been opened, be sure you shut it from the information or House by urgent the Menu button and selecting Stop. Subsequent, pause and resume the replace. If the habits persists, restart your console from the Energy Middle or the information. Study extra right here: Learn how to restart or energy cycle your Xbox console.

Keyboard Button Mapping for Xbox Controllers

• Should you change your keyboard language settings whereas the Xbox Equipment app is open, the change shall be mirrored after quitting the app or rebooting your console.

Handle Queue

• When the queue is empty, the border round “When video games and apps are putting in, you’ll see them right here” might seem to increase off-screen. We’re engaged on a repair.

Networking

• We’re investigating experiences of a problem the place the console might not connect with their community as anticipated on boot. Should you expertise this, be sure you report the difficulty through Report a Drawback as quickly as you’re in a position.

Ensure to make use of Report an issue to maintain us knowledgeable of your challenge. We might not be capable to reply to everybody, however the knowledge we’ll collect is essential to discovering a decision.

Should you’re an Xbox Insider searching for help, please attain out to the neighborhood subreddit. Official Xbox workers, moderators, and fellow Xbox Insiders are there to assist along with your considerations.

When posting to the subreddit, please look via most up-to-date posts to see in case your challenge has already been posted or addressed. We all the time advocate including to threads with the identical challenge earlier than posting a model new one. This helps us help you one of the best we will! Don’t overlook to make use of “Report an issue” earlier than posting—the data shared in each locations helps us perceive your challenge higher.

Thanks to each Xbox Insider within the subreddit in the present day. We love that it has turn into such a pleasant and community-driven hub of dialog and help.

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