Xbox One could be dumping OneGuide

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Something rather curious that was revealed (possibly unintentionally) during the Beam/Mixer announcement last night was Microsoft’s apparent plans to either remove the OneGuide section from the Xbox One dashboard or rename it.

The first hint of an evolution or cancellation of OneGuide came in the Mixer announcement YouTube video which offers a brief look at a new Xbox One dashboard, one that’s noticeably missing the OneGuide tab (see above image) and instead has a new section named Entertainment. The second clue is a screenshot of another dashboard (see image below) used in the official Mixer announcement blog post on Xbox Wire which shows neither an OneGuide nor Entertainment tab. In this possible build of the Xbox One operating system, it appears they’ve discarded the feature completely.

It’s worth noting that at the time of this writing, OneGuide is still present on both public and Xbox Insider builds of the operating system. The feature was recently removed from the official Xbox apps though in an update.

OneGuide is a section of the Xbox One dashboard that brings together movies and TV shows from a variety of sources. It’s not used by all Xbox One owners but plenty do and would likely miss it if it was taken away.

Do you use OneGuide and would you miss it if it were gone? Would you be okay with a rename? Let us know in the comments below.

Posted: May 28, 2017 2:43 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsofts-xbox-one-could-be-dumping-oneguide

Comments

k3rryPosted: Mon. May 29, 2017

Don't know why they would try do something like that when Netflix has their originals that are insanely good, and I honestly had no idea what this app was until now, someones gotta take over microsoft.

MajPosted: Mon. May 29, 2017

I don't even know what OneGuide is. Shows how popular it is

VHzPosted: Mon. May 29, 2017

I dont have a use for OneGuide but i know some do so i wonder if they will turn it into and app so it doesnt clog up the home screen on the xbox. However i love the new Mixer section, it is very good from what ive tried.

BFVPosted: Mon. May 29, 2017

One guide sucks anyway. Its so hard to actually find anything. There used to be a time where you could search for a movie, and then it would give you an option to see which apps could use it for free (Netflix, Sky, NowTV ect) but that disappeared and now it says you have to buy it through Xbox.

LGWPosted: Mon. May 29, 2017

What's OneGuide? That's how popular it is with me.

SkatesPosted: Mon. May 29, 2017

Wouldn't bother me, never used One Guide anyways.

KixaPosted: Sun. May 28, 2017

I never used it i mostly go on Netflix or use cable tv. I personally wouldn't mind them getting rid of it.

GaryPosted: Sun. May 28, 2017

They can do whatever they want with OneGuide as long as I still have my HDMI input. I use HDMI input all the time because my TV aint got enough HDMI ports.

ChatPosted: Sun. May 28, 2017

I don't think many people actually use this anyway