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Microsoft is taking away the Xbox Avatar Editor

Microsoft has quietly announced the end of an era, with the Xbox Avatar Editor going away early next year.

"Due to low engagement and our shift in focus towards delivering other player experiences, the Xbox Avatar Editor app will no longer be available starting on January 9, 2025," the company wrote in its FAQ about the feature. The options gave a lot of room for diversity and personal expression, so that you really could create a clear likeness of yourself, or whatever self you wanted to show to the Xbox community. The US Fair Trade Commission published a paper that found 89 percent of connected devices do not detail how long the item will receive software support.

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