HOW TO: Change the background of your Xbox One

(NXOE UPDATED HOW TO COMING SOON)

Tired of looking at the same background behind all the squares on your Xbox One Home Screen?

You can change the background of your Xbox One. Here’s how:

1.  Go to the Home screen.
2.  Press the Menu button on the controller.
3.  Select Settings.
4.  Select My Xbox.
5.  Select My background, and then select from the available choices on the Your background screen.

Achievement art. Allows you to use any of your app or game achievements as a background or to purchase background images. To do this, select one of your achievements and then select Set as background.

Custom image. Allows you to use an image from your Xbox One or upload one from a USB drive.
Note Custom images can only be used on the console where they were saved. You won’t see the background on any other console that you use.

Screenshot. Allows you to use one of your saved screenshots as a background image.

Instead of an image, you can also choose one of the color squares to use for your background.

Adjust tile transparency

Adjusting the tile transparency allows you to better view your custom background through the tiles on the screen. To adjust this:

1.  Go to the Home screen.
2.  Press the Menu button on the controller.
3.  Select Settings.
4.  Select My Xbox.
5.  Select Tile transparency on the Your Xbox page.
6.  Choose the transparency value that you prefer (Solid, Mostly solid, Partly transparent, or Mostly transparent).

How To change your Background on the New Xbox One Experience Here

HOW TO: Capture screenshots on Xbox One

Ever have an epic moment or if your like us and epic fail? Want to make a custom background?   Do you just need a still image and not a whole video clip?

Here is how to capture screenshots on Xbox One.

If you have a Kinect you can simply say "“Xbox, take a screenshot" while playing a game.

If you do not have a Kinect or simply want to use a controller to take a screenshot follow these steps:


While in game:

1.  Double tap the Xbox Button
2.  Tap Y

Note:  The Xbox captures the screenshot when you double-tap the Xbox button. Pressing Y saves the image.

Share or view your screenshots

Your screenshots are available in the Upload app under My captures. In Upload, you can set the screenshot as your background, or share it with others in a number of ways. To set a screenshot as your Xbox console’s background image, do the following:

1. Start Upload by saying “Xbox, go to Upload,” or select Upload from Games & apps. 
2. Select My captures and then scroll to select the screenshot you want to use as your background image. 
3. Press the Menu button, and then select Set as background.  

You can also share the screenshot to your activity feed, in a message, in your showcase, on Twitter, or on OneDrive by doing the following:

1. Start Upload by saying “Xbox, go to Upload,” or select Upload from Games & apps.
2. Select My captures and then scroll to select the screenshot you want to share. 
3. Press the Menu button, and then select Share.  

Note: Sharing your screenshots will only be available if you have an active Xbox Live Gold membership, or if you’re performing the action on a home console for another Xbox Live Gold member.

RELEASE: Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is Now Available for Digital Pre-order Xbox One

Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

 XBOX ONE GAME EXPECTED TO RELEASE ON 5/5/2015. YOU MAY DOWNLOAD THE GAME FROM XBOX LIVE BEFORE THEN, BUT IT WILL NOT BE PLAYABLE UNTIL 12:01 AM EST ON THE RELEASE DATE.


Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a standalone prequel to the critically acclaimed first-person action-adventure shooter, Wolfenstein: The New Order. The adventure, which spans eight chapters and two interconnected stories, features the hallmarks of MachineGames – thrilling action, immersive story and intense first-person combat. As war hero B.J. Blazkowicz, arm yourself with new weapons such as the bolt-action rifle and grenade-launching Kampfpistole as you attempt to thwart the advancing Nazi war machine.

RELEASE: Happy Wars Xbox One

Happy Wars

 Happy Wars is a large-scale online multiplayer action game, involving up to 20 players per match. Go wild in over-the-top melees in a fantasy setting featuring comical characters! Assign any of the 6 unique character classes to your player character, personalize it by adding customization parts from a wide variety of choices, and engage in heated sieges and cast spells in grand magical battles with players all over the world!

RELEASE: Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China Xbox One

Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China

Exact Shao Jun’s vengeance on the Chinese Emperor in stunning 16th century China. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles brings the thrill of being a master Assassin into 2.5D. Scout, sneak and hide to avoid detection. Fool enemies using whistles and disguises. Find your target, kill and escape.

YSK:How to get free money in your Microsoft Account

You can earn free Microsoft Money and Live access amount other things by using Bing.  Bing is Microsoft's version of Google.

What is Bing Rewards and how does it work?
Bing Rewards lets you earn credits for searching on Bing or trying new features from Bing or other Microsoft products and services. Bing Rewards credits can be redeemed for a variety of gift cards and other rewards. Join Bing Rewards.

How do I join Bing Rewards?
There are three ways to join Bing Rewards:

1. Go to Bing (using Internet Explorer 7 or later, or the latest version of Firefox, Chrome or Safari) and sign up. Visit your dashboard to find out how to start earning credits. Use the Bing Rewards credit counter, in the top-right corner of any Bing.com page, to see your available credit balance.
2. Download and install Bing Bar on your PC. Click on the Bing Rewards button to join. The Bing Rewards credit counter on the Bing Bar shows you how many credits you've earned.
3. On a mobile device, go to bing.com/explore/rewards in your default web browser and sign up. Earn credits by taking advantage of offers in your dashboard, such as using Bing to search the web on your device.

Are there any age restrictions on participating?

You must be 13 or older to join Bing Rewards. Check your Microsoft account to make sure your birthdate and age are correct.

How do I earn credits?

To earn credits, just search on Bing. For more ways to earn and discover more about Bing:

• On a PC or mobile device, go to your Bing Rewards dashboard.
• On Bing.com, click your credit counter.
• On Bing Bar, click the Bing Rewards credit counter.

Searches on Bing Maps, Bing blogs, and Bing Help don't earn credits.

How do I know I'm earning credits?

Watch your Bing Rewards credit balance increase as you search and when you take advantage of offers that earn you credits.

Just An Example of what you can get

YSK: How to Help make Xbox Better With Uservoice

Original Xbox Uservoice has moved to https://xboxideas.uservoice.com

Have you ever wanted to help improve your Xbox 360, Xbox One or Live experience?   Do you sit around complaining "Microsoft should have done this", "Why is <BLANK> Missing", or "I could have designed this better"?  If so then You Should Know about: Xbox Feedback (http://xbox.uservoice.com/)

"This site is the most effective place to share your feature requests and ideas for improving Xbox products and services. The feature teams working on Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox on Windows and Xbox Live regularly review the ideas and incorporate them into future product planning discussions and prioritization meetings.We are committed to delivering upon your ideas that are directly actionable. Of course, your great ideas do take time to design, develop, test, and deploy to Xbox, but we'll be sure to update entries when we announce or release a suggestion. We will mark things “In Progress” when we have good line of sight that an idea will be delivered in the coming months.  And, as items are released to everyone, we will mark them as “Completed”. 

This site allows you to suggest a new feature, enhancements to an existing feature, or to vote on ideas that others have submitted.   You can view newly trending ideas (Hot ideas) or view the ideas with the most votes (Top ideas).  To get started, choose the category that best fits your idea from the menu on the right of this page.  Browse existing ideas, vote, and comment.  

As you add new ideas, please create discrete requests – 1 idea per post - so that your fellow community members can vote for a specific idea or feature request.  Laundry list postings of ideas, multiple ideas in a single post, are usually deleted to ensure that the site can be appropriately managed. "

Along with suggesting you own ideas, you can also vote on other users suggestion.  This site is owned and run by Microsoft so don't worry about logging in with your Live credentials.

I have seen a number of requests by users on Uservoice make it over to the Xbox One in their monthly updates.