“We have added a new option which allows you to mute startup sounds,” Microsoft revealed in a new blog on forthcoming system software changes.
Thankfully, Microsoft has heard your calls – over the noise of their own Xbox consoles, presumably – and is implementing an option to mute startup sounds entirely.
The choice of a silent startup is available now to those in Microsoft’s Alpha test ring for Xbox system software, meaning everyone else will likely follow suit within the next month.
A booming animated Xbox logo, probably – especially if you’ve had the volume up on one of your TV’s apps earlier in the day.