September Updates for the Xbox App on PC: HowLongToBeat and More

We’re back with more updates on improvements and features for the Xbox app on PC! We want to take a moment and thank you all for your continued comments and feedback on Reddit and the Feedback Hub as well as Twitter and other social media. We’re listening and excited to share what’s next.

HowLongToBeat – Pick your Next PC Game Pass Game

We partnered with HowLongToBeat for a unique feature that makes it even easier to pick your next PC game — beginning today, you can view estimates for how long it will take you to complete a game in the game details pages for most PC Game Pass games. HowLongToBeat.com is an open-source community website that specialises in game lengths.

If you’re in the mood for something you can crush in a day or two, or maybe looking for your next long-term game, you can view the details for the game to help decide what to download and play next. You can choose the best category for your style of play:

Requirements: Main Story: Complete the major objectives and you will see your credits roll
Main Story and Additional Quests/Medals/UnlockablesIt’s okay to take your time. You can also discover and finish other tasks that are not necessary.
Completionist (100%): Your goal is to achieve every award, medal and win every game that you play.
CombinationAll play styles taken into consideration during the estimation

You can click ‘View Details’ to submit your own times, manage your library of games, and help aid gamers around the world in their pursuit to conquer their backlog! You’ll also find additional insights on how people play including community reviews, playthrough notes, and data breakdowns by platform and playstyle. Visit https://howlongtobeat.com/xbox to view details about the entire Game Pass library, including categories for “New,” “Best Rated,” “Achievement Hunting” and more.

We’ve also made improvements to Game Details pages making it quicker to reach the game details you care about. At the top of each page, you can view the trailers, screenshots, as well the full game description in one glance.

App launches faster and better performance

We’re committed to continuing to improve the performance and reliability of the app. With the most recent update, the app now launches up to 15% faster, and we’ve also made some fixes for overall better responsiveness when you interact with key experiences in the app. We’ve seen crash-free sessions improve to 99.9%, and player reports of games that didn’t download or didn’t install successfully reduced by nearly half. We’ve also focused on increased relevance for search results, and getting results back is now up to 20% faster.