How To: Add a Custom Gamerpic to Your Xbox Live Profile Using the Xbox Beta App

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

May 18, 2017

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How To: Add a Custom Gamerpic to Your Xbox Live Profile Using the Xbox Beta App

 

One of the new features added to the Creators Update for Xbox One was the ability to use a custom Gamerpic for your Xbox Live profile instead of your avatar or an image from a pre-selected collection of game characters.

This feature has apparently rolled out to Xbox One consoles and to the Windows 10 Xbox app and while I can change the image through the console the option to use a custom Gamerpic in the main Xbox App is not available on my install of the Xbox app.

However, the Xbox Beta app from the Windows Store does allow Xbox Live users to customize that Gamerpic from within the app. Since the beta app is used to test new features for the standard app, I am sure this functionality will be showing up soon.

In the interim, since we have had several inquiries about the process, this how-to will walk you through using the beta version of the Xbox app to set your custom Gamerpic. You can expect the primary Xbox app to follow the same steps once it is updated with this option.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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