Xbox Dev Teases 'Cool New Features' Coming To Insiders This Week
Image: Brad Rossetti, Xbox

Update (Fri 29th Apr, 2022): Right, here we go! Today's Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead builds include three new additions, two of which are firmware updates for controllers and the Xbox One Wireless Headset respectively.

The other is a brand-new feature that allows you to reveal details about secret achievements if you want to. This is available now on console (for Insiders), and will soon also be coming to the Xbox apps across PC, Android and iOS.

Full details are below, and expect the public rollout for these features in the coming weeks:

Achievements

Users can now choose to reveal details about secret achievements if they want to know more. Also, coming soon to the Xbox app for Android and iOS, the Xbox app for Windows PC, and Xbox Game Bar!

Controllers

A new version of the controller firmware is available for Alpha users starting today. It contains quality improvements and some bug fixes.

Xbox One Wireless Headset

A new version of firmware for the Xbox Wireless headset is available for Alpha users starting today. It contains quality improvements and some bug fixes. Also, in response to customer feedback we have adjusted the “High” mic monitoring setting to improve audio feedback of your voice while talking into the mic.


Original story (Thu 28th Apr, 2022): If you're part of the Xbox Insider program, you might want to keep an eye out over the next couple of days as Microsoft has apparently got some "cool stuff" in the works, as revealed by Xbox Insider Program Lead, Brad Rossetti.

Rossetti teased the "new features" as part of his latest update to Insider members yesterday:

We've only got a couple of days left in the week, so it seems these new features will be revealed very soon. Don't get your hopes up too much - it's not going to be a new dashboard or anything - but new features are always a bonus!

We'll update this article and as when we get more details from Brad and the rest of the Xbox Insider team.

What do you think we might see this week? Give us your predictions down in the comments below.