Microsoft Rewards Xbox App is Reportedly Going Away

Microsoft is reportedly getting ready to deprecate the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox consoles. An image of an in-app notification in Portuguese was shared by Idle Sloth on X/Twitter yesterday (via Windows Central), and the message explains that Microsoft will soon integrate the functionality of the app into the native Rewards hub on Xbox consoles.

As of this writing, I’m not seeing this message in my own Xbox console, but here’s what it says after being translated with Google Translate:

Earn Rewards with Xbox

We recreated, simplified, and integrated the Rewards experience on Xbox, making it all about gameplay and the activities that players love most. With the new Rewards hub on Xbox, players will no longer need to have separate apps to earn or redeem Reward points.

Starting December 2023, we will no longer publish offers in the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox, focusing instead on new activities in the new Rewards hub. Basically, this change is intended to simplify and streamline the Rewards experience for players and helps access all Xbox-related offers and activities in one convenient location. The weekly series continues until the end of November and, after that, it will be deactivated in the application, along with the weekly sequence.

Xbox Rewards will remain part of the Microsoft Rewards program, and all points you earn on Xbox will continue in other parts of the program. To maximize your points and earn even more, be sure to check out the hub.

(FYI) In December, Xbox Rewards is getting a New App to simplify and streamline Reward the experience. According to a message that has shown up on Xbox consoles.

The weekly series will continue until the end of November and, after that, it will be deactivated in the application.… pic.twitter.com/BIobpcOXG5

— Idle Sloth💙💛 (@IdleSloth84_) November 23, 2023

The Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox lets gamers earn points that they can redeem for Xbox gift cards to use on digital games and add-ons, Game Pass memberships, and more. There are also weekly quests that can reward up to 2,500 points if you complete them for 10 weeks in a row. However, these weekly series will disappear in the app starting in December.

If you play on Xbox, the Microsoft Rewards app is an easy way to save some money on the Xbox store if you’re dedicated. It really helps if you also complete the other Bing quests on the Rewards dashboard on the web.

With a recent Xbox update, Microsoft revamped the profile menu to add a “Rewards” hub that’s currently in beta. This is now where you can see Game Pass quests, which can also help you earn more points. And according to Microsoft’s message, this new Rewards hub is where the quests in the standalone Microsoft Rewards app will land starting in December.

To be fair, the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox wasn’t that great. It was quite slow, even on current-gen consoles with fast SSDs. It’s probably a good thing that Microsoft is building an all-in-one native hub for Microsoft Rewards points on Xbox, even though gamers may lose some opportunities to score points along the way.