Microsoft has finally ended the madness by letting Xbox Live users decide whether or not to have their Gold subscription automatically renewed, without having to call them up.
Before all were automatically renewed with only a call to customer services ending it. Also part of the new Xbox.com design are Beacons, highlighting games to play with friends.
Messaging friends has been upgraded too as well as browsing through games and Achievements. Films and TV shows are searchable through the in-browser streaming Zune service.
The new design for Xbox.com uses a tile-based UI which will be familiar to Windows Phone 7 owners. These new features and tweaks are prepping for the dashboard update which went live to those participating in the beta program.