When Xbox friends constantly appear offline, it can be a pain to organize online gaming sessions or, at worst, a sign that someone is avoiding you. But with an Xbox Series X|S, there are a few ways you can tell if someone is appearing offline. Let’s take a look.
1. Check the Friends & Community App on Your Xbox Series X|S
On Xbox, one of the main ways you can track online behavior is through theFriends & Community Updatesapp. From here, you can view any game captures, achievements, or posts from your friends. And the best part? Even posts from friends appearing offline are shown through the app.
If one of your friends has a post on theFriends & Community Updatesapp but has been offline for a while, they are more than likely appearing offline. To check theFriends & Community Updatesapp for friends appearing offline, follow these steps:
If you find a recent post by an offline friend, you know they are appearing offline. And through the type of posts you find, you can see the games, achievements, or captures your friend has posted.
2. View the Xbox Series X|S Gamerscore Leaderboard
Aside from searching through Xbox posts, a quicker way of telling if someone has been appearing offline involves viewing the monthlyGamerscore leaderboardon your Xbox Series X|S.
TheGamerscore leaderboardis a monthly tracker of all of you and your friend’s earned Gamerscore for the month. And, much like theFriends & Community Updatesapp, it also tracks the earned Gamerscore of offline friends.
So, you can use theGamerscore leaderboardto tell if offline friends are still unlocking achievements, and by association, appearing offline. To do this, follow these steps:
If you know someone hasn’t been online for the duration of the time theGamerscore leaderboardhas been tracking Achievements, but you can see they have earned Gamerscore, they are appearing offline.
3. Look Through Your Xbox Friend’s Achievements
While the past few methods help you to tell if someone is appearing offline for a long period, there are more direct ways to tell if people are offline on Xbox.
Instead of viewing the trends of theGamerscore leaderboard, if you have a friend in mind, you can specifically look at recently unlocked Achievements. This way, you can see on the day if a friend has been earning Gamerscore. To analyze a specific friend’s Achievements, follow these steps:
From here, you should be able to see your friend’s most recently unlocked Achievement and how long ago it was unlocked. You know your friend is appearing offline if they are offline but have unlocked Achievements recently.
Alternatively, you cancompare gaming statistics with a friend on your Xbox Series X|Sto provide direct Achievement comparisons with the games you have been playing.
4. Use the Time Played Feature for Specific Xbox Games
A final way you’re able to tell if one of your Xbox friends is appearing offline is by checking a friend’sTime playedstatistic in a specific Xbox game.
Because Xbox allows you tocheck the time played for any Xbox Series X|S game, if you have a game you know the offline person has been playing, you may tell in real-time if they are playing a game despite being offline. To do this, follow these steps:
With stats forTime playedon-screen, you can check how much time the friend has put into the selected game. If you suspect them of being offline, you can check theTime playedstat again to see if they have put more time into the game while seemingly offline.
Keep Track of Your Friends on Xbox Series X|S for Smooth Social Gaming
When an Xbox friend appears offline, whether it is to ignore you, not play a specific game, or even to just escape social pressures, it can complicate organizing social gaming sessions. But at least with Xbox Series X|S, you can use any of the above methods to try and get to the bottom of why or if a friend is offline.
With the questions of whether and why someone is offline solved, you can get on with organizing your Xbox parties and sessions without any extra social road bumps caused by offline players.
