Xbox Update Is Resetting Consoles To Factory Settings, But You're Probably Not Affected

The latest firmware update for Xbox Series X|S consoles is out now, and it's apparently resetting users' consoles to factory settings--but none of this likely applies to you.

Microsoft's testing program, Xbox Insider, is free and available to everyone, and if you're in the Alpha and Alpha Skip-Ahead tier of the program, you can test out features before everyone else. But things don't always go smoothly with these early updates, and that seems to be happening here. For what it's worth, Microsoft makes it plain and clear in the Xbox Insider terms that the pre-release testing phase is unstable, but this latest update is notable for the damage it's doing.

Players are reporting that their entire profiles are being removed. Reporter Tom Warren of The Verge said this happened to him as well. He said this kind of thing is known to happen with pre-release software.

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