If you randomly acquired a bunch of check messages from the Xbox cellular app at this time, you didn’t do something mistaken. Many others, together with myself, acquired the random spam messages this afternoon.
On February 25 at round 12:30 PM Eastern time, individuals with the Xbox app put in on their telephone started receiving a number of check notifications in fast succession. I acquired eight such check messages, and all of mine featured the icon for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora for some odd motive. Others online shared screenshots that showed even more messages than I acquired. Each message contained the next textual content:
“This is a dummy message sent via Braze, please capture a screenshot once you receive it. This should take you to the recently added gallery.”
A fast Google search appears to point that Braze is some sort of cross-platform social media and digital messaging platform utilized by numerous totally different large firms. So it appears possible that the Xbox app is utilizing Braze or is switching over to it, and one thing went mistaken and now a bunch of individuals have random check messages spamming their residence display.
Kotaku has reached out to Xbox for remark. We solely despatched one e mail. Not seven.
The timing of this odd tech snafu couldn’t be worse for Xbox as the corporate goes by means of a giant and reportedly messy shake-up, with longtime CEO Phil Spencer stepping down last week and a brand new AI-focused CEO taking over in his place. Some, together with myself, have advised that is the top of Xbox as we all know it. That it may be useless. But I suppose a dozen random messages within the afternoon proves it’s nonetheless alive. At least a part of it.
Update: 2/25/26, 2:15 p.m. ET: An Xbox spokesperson pointed Kotaku to a post from the official Xbox account on Twitter. The firm says the problem is “resolved now” and apologized for the spam. No clarification of what truly occurred was given.
“The Xbox App got a little too enthusiastic with test notifications today. That’s on us, but it’s resolved now. Thanks for understanding, and we apologize for flooding your notifications,” stated Xbox on social media.
