It's been a long time since Xbox has done anything with its achievements system, but multiple people have been spotting that since the new Xbox Cloud Gaming dashboard went live yesterday, a redesign has been put in place.
Just to be clear, this is a visual redesign and not a functional one — they still work exactly the same way as before, but now the default colour scheme, logo and font is different compared to what we see on console.
The folks at TrueAchievements have captured the following image of how the new design looks:
And just to remind you, here's an example of how rare achievements appear on Xbox consoles as things stand. Remember that you can change the colour of achievement pop-ups, so they'll look a bit different for some people:
All the way back in 2023, it was suggested that Microsoft wanted to overhaul Xbox achievements at some point in the future, but it was just a matter of priorities and time. With Xbox Cloud Gaming getting this refresh, it seems like they've found an opportunity to visually redesign the achievement system in the process.
Will it extend to consoles at some point as well? Who knows! There's a lot of speculation that the new Cloud Gaming dashboard might be a hint at a future UI across multiple devices though, so we wouldn't be surprised if it happens.