# Microsoft tests new Xbox controls for backgrounds, libraries and Guide placement

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/xbox-owners-are-getting-more-customizations-for-backgrounds-and-the-guide-menu/
- Published: 2026-11-12T23:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T02:35:36+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/news/1032396/xbox-dashboard-guide-menu-right-side-background-shuffle-feature
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Xbox Insiders can shuffle saved dynamic backgrounds.
- Disc-to-digital games get a separate library category.
- The Guide menu can move to either side.

## Summary

Microsoft is testing three Xbox customisation options for Insiders: rotating backgrounds, clearer library organisation for games converted from disc to digital, and a choice of where the Guide menu appears. The changes give players more control over how their console looks and how they find games.

Users can save favourite dynamic backgrounds and shuffle them, with changes set for each sign-in or hourly, daily or weekly. Games with digital licences claimed from discs will have a separate library category, and their licence icons can be hidden from tiles. The Guide can be moved from the left to the right side of the screen; Alpha Skip-Ahead members get access first, with a wider rollout planned over time.

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