# Xbox overhauls its PC, web, and cloud apps with a faster design

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/xbox-overhauls-its-pc-web-and-cloud-apps-with-a-faster-design/
- Published: 2026-11-05T17:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T19:49:29+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/news/1027353/microsoft-new-xbox-pc-app-redesign
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology, TV

## Key points

- The redesigned Xbox PC app launches up to 60 per cent faster.
- Cloud Gaming gets a refreshed interface across more screens.
- Xbox Insiders can test the PC app now.

## Summary

Microsoft is redesigning its Xbox PC app and Xbox Cloud Gaming interfaces to make them faster and easier to navigate, particularly with a controller. The changes aim to give Xbox a more consistent feel across Windows PCs, the web, smart TVs and VR headsets.

Microsoft says the PC app launches up to 60 per cent faster, while its Home, Store and Game Pass pages load up to 50 per cent faster. The redesign adds clearer library filters, friends and party shortcuts, and refreshed animations; the cloud gaming web version gains a library tab, desktop mode, light and dark themes, and five high-contrast options. Xbox Insiders can test the PC app now, with the web update rolling out over the coming weeks and versions for supported TVs and VR headsets also planned.

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