What do start menu ads look like?

joshuaheard · on July 30, 2015

The new XBox 1 update I installed yesterday has placed a "Featured" column on the main interface with ads. Think a start menu folder with links to sponsored web pages/apps.

jda0 · on July 30, 2015

A little "Recommended App" tile underneath your "Most Used" list.

tychuz · on July 30, 2015

I still have no idea what you all are talking about. After fresh install, my Start looks really barren, I'd even welcome these mythical ads...

http://i.imgur.com/tdkFeiQ.png

chadzawistowski · on July 30, 2015

Wow, that's huge. Are you in tablet mode? If not, you can drag the edges of the start menu to resize it.

tychuz · on July 30, 2015

Yes you can resize it, to 1/4 of that or so.

chadzawistowski · on July 30, 2015

That doesn't seem too invasive.

MLR · on July 30, 2015

I believe it suggests an app from the store to you sometimes.

iambitjelly · on July 30, 2015

This: https://twitter.com/GazTheJourno/status/626736454610366465

According to these screen shots, this guy got skincare product ads in his start menu.

I can't verify because I noped out of anything that smelled like ads right from the get-go. Also, classic shell.

!!!EDIT: I know it looks shopped, which is why I said I couldn't verify it. Windows Store app ads are quite real though.

partiallypro · on July 30, 2015

This is undoubtedly fake. Why even post this garbage?

freehunter · on July 30, 2015

If you know it's fake, why would you bother posting it or even bringing it up?

"Its awesome living in a mansion! According to this picture, this is what my mansion looks like"

"!!!EDIT: I know I don't own a mansion, but other people do and this is what it would look like if I had one."

iambitjelly · on July 30, 2015

Because the windows store app ads are themselves real, so the principal point stands. There's no need to get up in arms over it.

mynameisvlad · on July 30, 2015

That ad doesn't really fit the grid in the start menu, which seems odd to me. Microsoft was fairly gung ho about the grid in the Win8 start screen, and I'd assume here too since it's supposed to reflow automatically in between tablet and desktop mode.