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Friend requests are returning to Xbox

Xbox is its process for forming connections on the gaming platform. Its new method works like, well, just about every other social platform, where you’ll send a friend request that is either accepted or denied.

That sounds like the obvious way for this feature to function, but Xbox adopted a more passive approach to friends for the recent console generation. The way it works in the current system is that anybody can add another Xbox account to their follow list. When two accounts followed each other, they were upgraded to friends.

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The change shouldn’t yield much of a difference in players’ social tab. If you’re already friends, you’ll stay friends. If you aren’t mutuals, you’ll continue following the account. That means you can still keep an eye on updates from individuals, clubs and games within the Xbox ecosystem.

Xbox is also launching new privacy and notification options to help manage the return of friendship, so players can set who is able to follow them or send them friend requests. The blog post didn’t give a release date for when the new friends system will get a public rollout, but it is available starting this week as a preview for people in the Xbox Insiders program.

Today’s announcement is the latest in a wave of Xbox news in the past month. The company also introduced the plan and for the all-digital Xbox Series X.

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