'Mercury' is the code name of a large Xbox Store update, coming soon

Recently an Xbox Insider Plan update made an app chosen "Mercury" available to a few testers, with a splash screen that just reads every bit "Coming Soon. Please upgrade to admission the latest and greatest."

I received a few messages almost it, and idea I'd attempt and find out some more near what it is and what it does, since some had speculated that information technology might be something related to Project xCloud.

Later on doing some digging, it seems that this app is the codename of an upcoming Xbox Store redesign, rebuilt from the ground up on new compages, designed for 4K TVs. This new store app is also destined for use on side by side-gen systems like the Xbox Series X, and long-rumored Xbox Lockhart, every bit well as current-gen Xbox Ane systems.

Xbox Beta Store Source: Windows Fundamental The Xbox (Beta) app on Windows x is far sexier than the current Microsoft Store app.

From what we've seen so far, the design of the "Mercury" store app is almost identical to what is available on Xbox I consoles today, with many of the changes actualization to be nether the hood. It's possible that more features and blueprint changes will occur as the app moves closer to public testing, particularly given the "modernized" blueprint language we see in apps like the Xbox (Beta) app and Xbox Game Bar on PC.

If yous try to install Mercury from the Microsoft Store to your console right now, the download simply fails. But information technology probably won't be too long until testers in the Alpha and Alpha Skip Alee rings are able to take a closer await at it.

In one case nosotros acquire more info, nosotros'll be certain to offering some updates here in the near future.

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