How to change your Xbox profile picture with a custom gamerpic
Custom “gamerpics” are here! And this is how you get them.
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Available to users on smartphones, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles, and Windows PCs, anyone can take any picture and stick it up on their Xbox Live profile for all to see. Of course, standard community guidelines apply (and Microsoft’s system approves pictures before they go live). Up until a short while ago, Xbox Live users were only able to express themselves without custom avatar poses or pre-set pictures. Thankfully, Microsoft finally added the ability to add your own avatar across the entire Xbox Live network.
Here’s how you can set up your own Xbox gamerpic, across consoles, mobile devices, and Windows 10 andWindows 11PCs. The easiest method without a doubt is via a smartphone, but there are other ways if you don’t have access to one.
How to create a custom Xbox gamerpic on your Xbox console
For this to work, you’ll need aUSB stickor another USB external storage device to set the picture on your console. Simply insert the USB stick into the console with your picture saved somewhere on the stick. The picture needs to be formatted in1080 x 1080 dimensions.You can learn how to do thatbelow.
How to create a custom Xbox gamerpic using Windows 10 or 11
How to create a custom Xbox gamerpic using a mobile phone
Easily resize any picture for your Xbox profile
All gamerpics on Xbox One need to be HD cropped to a square, hitting at least 1080 x 1080 resolution, or 512 x 512 resolution via a mobile device. You can resize any picture easily using one of thebest photo editing apps, like Polarr, a free app on PC and mobile devices. These steps might differ based on the platform you use, but they should be very similar.
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