Xodus Nexus 0.4.1

Launcher

• Redesign the Social panel with player profiles, friend management and separate chat windows.
• Add a notification bell for unread messages and game updates.
• Open conversations at the latest message and synchronize read state between chat windows.
• Add experimental Xbox voice parties and the optional Nexus Overlay, with a configurable keyboard shortcut and screen position.
• Improve download and update performance with parallel transfers, batched writes and faster processing of verified local data.
• Improve interrupted-update recovery and prevent launching games with incomplete updates.
• Add Microsoft offline-device management and license-checked offline launches. Offline play requires a compatible runtime, device designation and an initial online launch.
• Show game details, screenshots and achievements for games that are not installed.
• Fix Overlay shortcut changes reverting, unnecessary shortcut registration when disabled, and opening failures when game-window display information is unavailable.
• Fix sign-in failures affecting some Microsoft accounts and improve authentication response handling.
• Avoid unnecessary administrator password prompts on devices without an SMBIOS firmware table.

Xodus Nexus backend 0.2.13

• Add the APIs needed for the expanded Social panel, chat and experimental voice parties.
• Improve downloads and incremental updates while preserving verified data and recovery checkpoints.
• Support Microsoft-designated offline play with account-bound license validation.
• Fix Xbox authentication response handling and sign-in on devices without SMBIOS firmware information.

Nexus runtime

• Fix Age of Empires IV startup through Windows Store licensing support. Thanks @Anirudh09.
• Add license-checked offline sign-in with the compatible backend and launcher.

Update the Nexus backend to 0.2.13 and install the accompanying x86_64 Nexus runtime in Settings.

Voice parties and the Overlay are experimental. In-game invitation support varies by game.

Thanks @Rbanh, @indiesaudi, @burghr and @xerhab for their contributions.

Steam Deck and similar handhelds

Steam Deck and similar handheld support is experimental. I'm currently testing and debugging on virtualized SteamOS and Bazzite, so I can't fully verify how everything behaves on real handheld hardware. Please report any issues you encounter.

I'm looking to buy an older Steam Deck or a similar handheld compatible with Bazzite or SteamOS for development and testing. If you have one you'd be willing to sell, please message me on Reddit at u/Embarrassed-Hall-617. Cosmetic damage and signs of wear don't matter, as long as the device's basic functions work.