More Detailed Quick Resume in the Latest Xbox Update

Quick Resume in the Latest Xbox Update

The arrival of the Quick Resume function has completely changed the way we change the game on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S , since the consoles are capable of keeping several active games in memory to be able to switch from one to another with total speed. Unfortunately, since the feature arrived, users have not been very clear about when exactly the feature is active, but luckily, a new update has cleared all the doubts about it.

The details of Quick Resume

Xbox Quick Resume

Through an update available to all those members of the Alpha ring in the Xbox Previews program, the consoles have received new on-screen indicators with which to provide more information about the game or games that are currently running.

With the new update, you just have to click the Guide button in the middle of the game to check if that game is compatible with the Quick Resume function. If it is, this means that the game is kept in memory even when opening a different game, being able to switch from one to another very quickly without waiting for loading times or restarting the game.

How to know which games are still running

Xbox Quick Resume

This was one of the questions we asked ourselves when navigating the interface, since with Quick Resume active in several games, users were not able to know exactly which games were still running in the background. This has now completely changed, since in the My applications and Games menu within the side menu that appears when pressing the Guide button , we can find a group called “Quick Resume” in which to see which games are kept open in that moment.

It will serve to download faster

Xbox download speed

This, in addition to helping us sort out a bit of the chaos that we may have as uncontrolled open games, will also help improve download speed when we make transfers from Xbox Live servers.

And we must remember that while a game is running, the transfer rate will drop drastically, since the intention of this speed reduction is to guarantee the perfect functioning and online performance of the running games. Therefore, if you stop playing, return to the menu and proceed to download a game from the Xbox Game Pass catalog, the download will not reach great speeds unless you close all the games that are kept open.

This limited downloads is undoubtedly a somewhat cumbersome process, but Microsoft assured that they are working to find a way for everything to flow more intuitively and transparently for the user, so it is possible that in the future a new update fix this mess.