Xbox Will Finally Let You Disable Quick Resume for Specific Games, Such as Online Titles That It Just Doesn't Play Nice With

Microsoft has announced a fresh set of system features, including the long-requested ability to disable the console's Quick Resume feature for specific games. Quick Resume is great, and allows you to leap back into a string of games at the touch of a button, picking up exactly where you left off. But as someone who uses an Xbox Series X daily, I know there are certain titles — mostly online games — for which Quick Resume can be unreliable. This is something numerous users have highlighted over the years, and now, finally, Xbox has acknowledged too — by letting you toggle off Quick Resume on specific games through a new setting. The feature, which begins rolling out to members of the Xbox Insider beta program today, can be found by opening the More options menu on a game tile, and selecting Manage Quick Resume. All Xbox Series X/S users will see the option pop up soon, as the feature is tested more widely. A set of other useful new features are also on the way, including the ability to set your system color to anything within a broad color spectrum, rather than the limited selection available to date. Yes, Microsoft has finally remembered that more than two dozen hues exist. The num