Xbox is testing support for longer gamertags
Key takeaways
- Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring can have gamertags up to 15 characters long.
- Xbox Xbox is rolling out a couple of new features to its Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring, its invite-only tier that gets access to experimental builds earlier than any of its other testers.
- As long as the gamertag they want to use is unique and available, it can have up to 15 characters.
Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring can have gamertags up to 15 characters long.
Xbox Xbox is rolling out a couple of new features to its Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring, its invite-only tier that gets access to experimental builds earlier than any of its other testers. It's bringing back support for 15-character gamertags, after limiting them to 12 characters a few years ago, due to feedback from players who've been telling the Microsoft gaming division that they want more flexibility when choosing usernames.
As long as the gamertag they want to use is unique and available, it can have up to 15 characters. If they're not unique, and the system would need to add numbers to it because the base name is already taken, they can only have 12 characters. Xbox will continue to support 12 characters for any gamertag with non-Latin characters, as well.