One of the best features on Xbox Series X|S is the ability to put games into a Quick Resume state, but the main problem people have had is not being able to see which games have been left running in the background. Thankfully, Xbox has been listening to our feedback and is introducing a way to help make this easier.
As revealed by Brad Rossetti, a member of the Xbox team on the Preview Program, both Alpha Skip and Alpha Users are having a Quick Resume group added to their dashboard from today. The feature is said to show all actively running Quick Resume titles in one place. This should be pretty helpful for anyone who may have games left running in the background.
These features usually take a fair few weeks to come out publicly but at least we know it's coming. Xbox previously said it was listening and looking into options, and we're just glad that it's come around fairly quickly. If you're in the preview program, you're a lucky participant. As for everyone else, the April update has made its way to Xbox consoles and is available to download now with a bunch of new nifty features.
Are you glad to see this feature finally introduced? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Even as a PS/Nintendo/PC guy I have to admit Quick Resume is probably the most "next-gen" feature I've seen from either console
Like it's literally turning your Xbox into a multitasker like an Android or iPhone
Every time i quick resume Jedi Fallen Order it kicks me out for switching profiles even though I have my profile set to main & it automatically signs in with my controller. Pretty wack feature when it doesn't work, it's fine on most other games though
A little icon letting you know which games support it would be nice. I bump around a few games and it's like a lottery when you first start a game as to whether it quick resumes or starts from the beginning again when you start it a 2nd time. Quick resume has made me dislike the 1-2 minutes of forced gubbins before you start a game now.
@Kilamanjaro it’s absolutely brilliant and a game changer when it does work but agreed when it doesn’t it isn’t great. I’ve found certain games are buggy with it.
When it does fail it often takes longer than loading the game normally as it tries quick resume, waits the fails and reloads the game from scratch.
@themightyant I've had this exact same experience with quick resume, Fallen Order kicked me out back in november as well, shame it's still acting up after half a year.
I've also had problems with Mortal Shell, if I booted it up the game's audio would be cut off, which means I have to restart the game which takes up more time again. It luckily doesn't happen often though.
I feel like this should have been common sense. I don’t keep track of what quick resumes and what doesn’t so it has been sort of a let down. I’m happy to see they are addressing it.
Excellent, so I can put it right on my dash. Very good feature. I hope more games support it too.
@Kilamanjaro Quick Resume mucks up my saves on AC: V as well. Always have to disable it before play :/
@TheFrenchiestFry Agreed - Good to see it happening, and now some proper testing on what works and doesn't work with it. (I've been solidly dating Spiritfarer for two weeks now, so I've no clue where the hell I am with other games!)
They should of had this feature in the beginning, Seems like commen sense to have it show which games are currently running..
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