December Xbox Update: Mobile App Gets Boost Alongside These Sound and More Improvements

The December update closes 2025 with improvements in the app, sound and services.

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Xbox bids farewell to the year with a significant update centered on two clear pillars: enhancing the experience from mobile devices and elevating audio quality on PC and Windows 11 devices. The so-called Xbox December Update introduces practical innovations that affect both the daily life of gamers and the ecosystem surrounding Xbox beyond the console.

Among the most notable changes are a new store tab in the Xbox mobile app and support for Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio on Xbox Wireless Headsets, in addition to several additions to already known services like Play Anywhere or Stream Your Own Game.

Main novelties of the Xbox December update

New store tab in the Xbox mobile app

The Xbox mobile app continues to gain weight. After allowing purchases and Game Pass subscriptions since April, it now incorporates a dedicated Store tab, making it easier to find and acquire games, DLCs, and subscriptions directly from your mobile device.

Among the included improvements:

• Purchasing games and additional content from the app

• Wish list management

• Direct search for add-ons

• Quick access to Xbox Game Pass

Everything is designed to reduce steps and make it more comfortable to discover and buy games without needing to turn on the console.

Xbox Wireless Headset improves its audio with Bluetooth LE

The other major change comes in the form of a firmware update for the latest Xbox Wireless Headsets (model released in October 2024). This update adds Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) Audio, a key technology for the present and future of wireless audio on Windows 11, PC, and portable devices like the ROG Xbox Ally.

The main advantages are clear:

• Lower latency, with better synchronized audio and image

• Longer battery life, thanks to more efficient energy consumption

• Ultra-wideband stereo voice audio, even during chat

• Audio sharing (in preview phase), which allows game sound to be broadcast to multiple compatible Bluetooth devices

Additionally, Xbox reinforces the use of ultra-wideband stereo audio on Windows 11, improving both game sound clarity and voice communication quality.

Requirements to keep in mind

• Update available from the Xbox Accessories app

• Windows 11 device compatible with Bluetooth LE Audio

• For advanced audio: Windows 11 version 24H2 or later

• Some features arrive first for Windows Insiders

More content and reminders of the Xbox ecosystem

The update also serves to review other recent additions:

• Portable device compatibility program

• Expansion of Xbox Play Anywhere

• More options in Stream Your Own Game

• New retro classics

• Expanded compatibility with mouse, keyboard, and touch controls

• Special Fallout Pip-Boy accessories and dynamic Fallout 76 background for Xbox Series

Xbox closes 2025 by strengthening its ecosystem beyond the console, with a clear commitment to gaming on PC, portable devices, and mobile, and laying technical foundations that will become even more important in 2026.