Xbox One is testing a ‘do not disturb’ feature

Straight up, that’s a great idea

The Xbox team seems to be in a constant state of adding and revising when it comes to the Xbox One dashboard — so much so, it can be hard to keep track of everything at your disposal. This week, a new system update is out for “Alpha ring” Xbox Insider testers that brings a few user-friendly features.

• With this update, you’ll be able to use the “Next Achievements” feature in the Guide, which enables you to view and sort a cross-games list of upcoming Achievements. Easily see which Achievements you are closest to, and quickly launch the game to obtain them. Sort filters allow you to prioritize next Achievements by closest, most common, rarest, most common rare, and highest Gamerscore.

• Mini Game Hubs will soon be available right in the Guide. With this feature, you’ll be able to access great content for the games you’ve played recently from a Game Hub without ever having to leave the action. Mini Game Hubs provide an easy way to see friends who are currently playing, upcoming Achievements, Looking for Group posts, and more.

• Sometimes all you want to do is avoid all distractions and focus entirely on your game. We’ll be including a “Do not disturb” online status, which will suppress notifications and let your friends know that you’re not available for another game or activity right now.

• We’re tweaking the community feed to make it easier to view comments. You’ll soon be able to see a peek of the most recent comment on community posts while viewing the activity in full screen. Comments are also being rearranged to place those that are most recent at the top. You’ll also be able to see who has liked your comments.

• To address user feedback, we’re adding additional inactivity shutdown options to the Power mode & startup menu. In addition to shutting down the console after one or six hours of inactivity, you will be able to select options for two, three, four and five hours.

Having online and community-centric features baked right into consoles is nice, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes you just want to play a game (or watch a movie or show) without being bombarded. It’s a seemingly small quality-of-life extra, but I’m very into this “Do not disturb” option.

New Year, New Xbox One Features Coming Your Way [Xbox]