Microsoft has shipped an updated Xbox PC app that it says loads 60% faster and makes games easier to get into — a direct response to years of complaints about an app that, as Eurogamer puts it, hasn't had the best track record recently.

The pitch is speed and friction reduction: quicker loading and easier access to your library, the two pain points that have dogged the app through its various redesigns. For PC players who defaulted to other launchers specifically because the Xbox app felt sluggish, the 60% figure is the headline Microsoft wants them to see.

Notably candid, though, is the message from the top. CEO Asha Sharma says there's "plenty more to do" — an acknowledgment that this update is a milestone in an ongoing rehabilitation rather than a finished product. That framing matters: Microsoft is positioning the app as a work in progress it intends to keep iterating on, not declaring victory.

The real verdict will come from players comparing cold-start times and library navigation against the competition. If the speed claims hold up in practice, the Xbox PC app may finally start shedding a reputation it has spent years earning.