While changing your Microsoft account’s region can result in a few troublesome caveats, managing your actual console region is relatively easy.
With that said, why may you want to change your Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S’s region, and how do you do it? Let’s find out.
Why You May Need to Change Your Xbox’s Country or Region
There are specific reasons that may mean you need to change your Xbox’s region to ensure that your console aligns with the country it is situated within. These are as follows:
If you have moved to a different country, you will need to match your console region to the country you are situated within to access the correct Microsoft store. If you are temporarily within a different region than your console’s, you will need to change the region for your console to match your temporary location. Or, if you want to customize your Xbox alongside features like customizing your Xbox gamerpic, changing your region helps you take control of your Xbox experience by altering the Xbox store.
While these changes are all location-based, you can also alter your Xbox’s region to access foreign stores, although this reason for changing your region does come with a few caveats. Because of this, you may want to investigate how to navigate the Xbox dashboard to familiarize yourself with Xbox’s dashboard and store.
What You Need to Know Before Updating Your Xbox’s Region
Other than geographical reasons for changing your region, you can also change region to manipulate the Xbox Store. By doing so, you can view store items and deals from any available region. However, there are some things you need to know beforehand.
In practice, if you change your console to another region, you will have to verify purchases you make on Xbox Store listings from other regions by changing your Microsoft account’s region as shown by Microsoft Support.
If your Microsoft account isn’t verified to the same region as your console it may cause Xbox subscriptions or purchases to become unavailable the next time you make a purchase on your console. In this scenario, you will be asked to update your billing information with an address listed under your registered region.
How to Change Your Xbox’s Country or Region
Now you know some of the scenarios in which you may need to change your region on Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, let’s take a look at how you change the region on your console. To change the region on your Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, follow these steps:
From your Xbox’s home screen, press the Xbox button to open the guide. Navigate to the furthest right-hand options for Profile & system and select Settings. Scroll down until you highlight the options for System and select Language & location.
From here, choose Location to open a drop-down menu of regions and select your desired region.
Lastly, hit the option for Restart now to finalize the region change.
By changing your Location setting, the Language region for your console will automatically adjust to your selected region and once your console has restarted its region will have switched to your choice.
Make the Most of Xbox’s User Interface and Settings
By adapting your console’s region you are utilizing your console’s lesser-known settings and navigating its dashboard and store user interfaces to better your overall experience with Xbox.
There are various tips and tricks hidden throughout both Xbox’s settings and user interface that could help benefit you further. So, familiarizing yourself with the Xbox user interface with features, such as refreshing your Xbox home page, could reveal more benefits hidden within your Xbox’s settings and UI.
