Did Microsoft Just Tease A New Xbox Ui?

Microsoft showed disconnected a “consistent” Xbox UI crossed handhelds, consoles, and unreality gaming during its Xbox keynote astatine nan Game Developers Conference successful March. At nan clip it was difficult to spot if location was thing caller astir nan UI from nan videos and photos captured during nan event, but Microsoft has now fixed america a person look astatine it acknowledgment to a new video of nan keynote that was published earlier today.

Jason Ronald, VP of adjacent procreation astatine Xbox, showed disconnected nan UI while mentioning that players had been noticing “a batch of fragmentation wrong nan experience” crossed devices, and an wide deficiency of consistency. “What nan squad has been doing down nan scenes is doing a batch of activity to present a accordant experience, truthful it feels very acquainted and very distinctly Xbox nary matter wherever you’re choosing to play,” says Ronald.

At first glimpse nan UI, pictured above, doesn’t look wildly different to what exists today, but location are immoderate subtle differences crossed different devices. The Xbox console location surface is somewhat different, pinch nan personification floor plan successful nan apical correct and 3 advertisement slots on nan bottommost alternatively of nan accustomed four. The aforesaid interface tin beryllium recovered connected nan handheld successful nan image, but nan PC app connected nan right-hand broadside looks a batch much for illustration nan caller Xbox Cloud Gaming interface.

When Microsoft first started testing nan caller Xbox Cloud Gaming UI I wrote that it was much console-like than ever before, acknowledgment to a assortment of caller animations, a caller room section, and a rounded design. Microsoft’s descent hints that this aforesaid interface could beryllium coming to nan Xbox PC app. Ronald says nan UI won’t beryllium identical crossed each Xbox devices though, “because we deliberation astir things for illustration surface size, aliases things for illustration input modalities.”

Later successful nan Xbox crippled dev update video, Microsoft besides shows disconnected what looks for illustration a caller Xbox shop connected Windows. I’ve asked Microsoft to remark connected this caller Xbox UI and nan shop changes, and if I perceive backmost I’ll update you accordingly.

In nan mean time, if you’re willing successful Ronald’s afloat GDC keynote past I’d urge watching it, below. Microsoft’s full Xbox crippled dev update video is astir 90 minutes long, but nan embed beneath will commencement astatine Ronald’s keynote.