Bonus Xbox Update for September: A Simplified Experience to Back Up Your Game Captures to OneDrive and More

New coverage for storing recreation captures, plus a brand new simple solution to again them up

Beginning as we speak we’re updating the way in which the Xbox community retains recreation captures. Recreation captures saved on the Xbox community can be deleted after 90 days. To again up any clips or screenshots you want to maintain indefinitely, observe the steps listed in our Again up your clips article. To double verify the standing of your recreation captures, go to the Captures app to view your recreation captures saved on the Xbox community to see if any are marked for an upcoming deletion.

Alongside this new retention strategy, we’re making it simpler than ever to again up all of your recreation captures to both OneDrive or an exterior storage system of your selection.

You possibly can transfer, handle, and bulk add the place you retailer your captures in your Xbox console. To take action, press the Xbox button, after which go to My video games & apps > See all > Apps > Captures. You’ll see a “Inform me extra” button the place you will get began. You’ll additionally have the ability to arrange future captures to mechanically again as much as OneDrive so that you by no means should marvel if the whole lot is backed up.

Because of the built-in Microsoft Clipchamp video editor in your PC, you can even create movies of your epic gaming moments for the sport captures you save to OneDrive. Trim, crop, add textual content, transitions, and different results. Afterward, you may simply share these movies with your folks, household, and followers.

Discover occasions to your favourite video games 

Now it’s simpler than ever to find in-game occasions and new content material that’s being launched for the video games you’re keen on. From the highest of Dwelling, scroll down, and also you’ll see the brand new Occasions channel that may present stay and upcoming occasions. Plus, you may shortly click on on every occasion you need to get all the main points.

Discover fashionable apps quicker when establishing a brand new Xbox

We’re making it simpler for gamers to search out and obtain fashionable apps when establishing a brand new console. Now once you arrange a brand new console both from the Xbox cell app or straight on the console, you’ll get the choice to obtain fashionable apps like Apple Music, AppleTV, Crunchyroll, Disney+, Hulu, Motion pictures & TV, Peacock, Spotify, and Tubi. Downloading apps throughout setup saves you time later—your favourite apps can be able to go if you end up. Separate subscriptions could also be required.

Watch and play your favourite fall sports activities

What’s your favourite sport? Soccer, soccer, hockey, basketball? All of them? This September and October, Xbox consoles in the US will have the ability to attempt a one-stop-shop for sports activities followers to search out your favourite sports activities video games to play and to observe your groups on Xbox streaming apps. Navigate out of your Xbox to the Retailer > Apps Dwelling, after which scroll right down to go test it out!

Assist form the way forward for Xbox

Keep tuned to Xbox Wire for future updates and all the most recent and best Xbox-related information. For help associated to Xbox updates, go to the official Xbox Assist website.

We love listening to from the neighborhood, whether or not you have got a suggestion for a brand new characteristic that you simply’d wish to see added, otherwise you need to give suggestions on present options that would use some enchancment. From recreation seize and share enhancements, to serving to video games load quicker, new methods to attach along with your gaming neighborhood, and a lot extra, we’re at all times listening and in search of methods to enhance Xbox experiences for avid gamers all over the world. In the event you’d like to assist create the way forward for Xbox and get early entry to new options, obtain the Xbox Insider Hub in your Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, or Home windows PC as we speak. Tell us what you suppose!