Zach Johnson

Engineering Manager XBOX Subscriptions and Cloud Gaming

[Helion @Helion_Energy]

Making moves!

Tiny Merge’s compression section has made its way from production floor to machine, bringing us one step closer to machine operations.

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

@dragunbo3 @asha_shar @dragunbo3 DM me with your take

[XBOX @XBOX]

Another way to hop into your favorite games! 📺

Check out how you can play on VIDAA OS-Powered Smart TVs via the XBOX app: https://t.co/NyReUYGOe5

[XBOX Wire @XBOXWire]

We’ve started rolling out the XBOX app to millions of VIDAA OS-powered Smart TVs from 2024-2026, including select Hisense models. Find out more inside: https://t.co/ITy89XUqNP

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

I love enabling surfaces to welcome more and more players to our gaming community with the devices they already own or can pickup at a reasonable price. Welcoming Hisense players around the world to our community!

[ASHA @asha_shar]

This summer we've expanded XBOX streaming to more than 150 million TVs and devices around the world because not everyone can afford dedicated gaming hardware. Today we're adding millions more through VIDAA OS and Hisense, so more people can play on the hardware they already own.

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

So happy for the world to get to test out what the team has been cooking up to expand more ways to play to more players!

[Matthew Ball @ballmatthew]

Today, XBOX will begin a public test that enables XBOX Insiders to stream select games from their library, at no added cost and with no subscription required, through a new ad-supported option.

Our overall goal is simple: to give players more affordable options to play. The goal of this public test is to see how players use ad-supported streaming and listen to their feedback.

As we experiment, we want to be clear about the principles we hold for ad-supported experiences:
1⃣ We start with the player. Ads should create value
2⃣ We do not interrupt the flow of gameplay
3⃣ We hold ads to the same quality bar as our content
4⃣ We’re clear about what is an ad
5⃣ We make sure ads fit what players expect on each platform

More information here: https://t.co/N6YUlO2V5O

[Eden Marie @neonepiphany]

It's been two weeks, what's new?

[XBOX @XBOX]

25 Years of XBOX 🏆 ✅

To everyone who's played with us:

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

@neonepiphany @xshawnthomas I'm sticking with cheese slices!

[Klobrille @klobrille]

Xbox will change the displayed Play Time for any individual title to total hours instead of days.

This suggestion by the Xbox community was made popular just three days ago via Xbox Player Voice.

https://t.co/Qkf9ypdm2Q

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

Wait, it was supposed to be all caps?

[ASHA @asha_shar]

👀

[Bill Ridmann @Ridzilla]

Glad people are enjoying the new achievement notifications on PC :) You should see them if you are an Xbox PC Insider and have updated both Game Bar and the Xbox PC App to the latest.

[Polygon @Polygon]

Forza Horizon 6 reviews score big to become Metacritic's highest-rated game of 2026 https://t.co/HvakVfXIaJ

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

@neonepiphany @asha_shar @steinekin IYKYK

[XBOX @XBOX]

Coming in hot for Xbox Insiders first🔥

🎮 A brand new boot up experience
🏆 New tiered Gamerscore badges
🔍 More ways to filter your game library

Lean more about all the exciting console updates: https://t.co/yq4Xnz6KFX

[Eden Marie @neonepiphany]

Some nice surprises for Xbox Insiders today, I hope!

Highlighting from a bit lower in this article: understanding what games are yours, what's shared with you, and what you may no longer have access to, via filters & file info is something I know has been asked for for a while!

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

@neonepiphany It was you that wrote that?! But ya...once you see it on Broadway, hard to go back.

[ASHA @asha_shar]

New boot up coming next Wednesday. Sound on!

[Eden Marie @neonepiphany]

Xbox Alpha / Skip Ahead Insiders: we have a change going out today which increases the sharpness of gamerpics and certain game or achievement art when Xbox Series X is set to 4K output. We'd love for you to file bugs if you see any crashes, slowdowns, or display issues. Thanks!

[Zach Johnson @Zjohnson]

@Omar_Abul @neonepiphany I look forward to seeing an insider bug report on the issue but worry it will look fine in the report screenshot. Make sure when you file it to note the screenshot. I actually suspect this is an issue of the HDMI processing between the console and the TV.