Xbox Update Brings Back Friend Requests And Revamps Search On Console

The latest Xbox update restores friend requests, improves search, and adds more personalization options for profile pictures and home screens.

Starting with this update, you can only be friends with someone if they accept your invitation and vice versa. You can still follow people, but that's a one-way connection that updates you on the content they choose to share with followers. All current connections will update accordingly, meaning you won't have to make any changes to keep your current friends and followers list.

However, if you do want to manage your friends and followers, you can hit the Xbox button on your controller and select the People tab. Once there, you can look at your friends list, accept/delete requests, and search for new friends. Along with these changes, privacy and relationship-notification settings have been revamped.