The Xbox Insider Program turns 10 this month and promises a bunch of exciting surprises to celebrate the anniversary

Has it been 10 years already?

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February 2024 marks 10 years of existence for the Xbox Insider Program, and we’ve known for a while that Xbox is preparing some exciting surprises to celebrate the anniversary. We didn’t know for sure, so we were free to speculate (maybe some insights on the future of the ABK acquisition, Blizzard games on Xbox Game Pass?).

However, Wynn, the manager behind the program, just uploaded an update telling those from the community to expect some exciting surprises as well as a series of ‘firsts’ to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this community.

This month marks the official 10th Anniversary of the Xbox Insider Program. You can actually still read the announcement article from February 20th, 2014 right here (Program Announcement). Then called the Xbox Preview Program, we’ve since evolved from an invite-only, platform-focused enterprise, into an open way for users across the world to deliver their feedback for console, features, PC, mobile, and games alike. The Xbox Insider Program, which we christened on the Wire back in 2016 (Program Rebrand), has flourished this past decade and that’s in an incredibly large part due to the millions of Xbox fans from our community (that’s y’all!). So, from everyone here at Xbox Insider, we want to give an enormous thank you for everyone who has contributed over the years.

Wynn

For now, however, Xbox insiders can learn all about the history of the community, as several articles chronicling it will be published on the program’s official blog.

Wynn also mentioned the Xbox Insider Program will be getting some exciting new features, enhancements, and surprises in the following weeks.

There’s still plenty more to come, and we anticipate quite a few “firsts” to be headlining this blog in the coming weeks/months.

Wynn

Until then, those interested in the people behind the scenes can follow Xbox Insider’s interviews with them, as the first one is already up, and can be read here.

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