Chinese Charachters showing next to game name in friends list?

Multiple people are reporting the same issue, so it seems to be an Xbox server issue. You can report the issue at http://xbox.com/status

I am also having this issue today. Not only am I seeing Chinese Characters near my friends names appear on the Friends Tab, but I am also missing most of my friends. I am seeing this on the PC as well as on Xbox and the Xbox App on iPhone.

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.

I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this Tr1d3

If you try checking your friend's names using another device the issue persist?

(for example a different phone, in your console or via xbox.com <for this last one, once you sign in click on the little person and select xbox profile>)

That could tell us if its an issue with the latest Xbox app version

No you are not missing any settings, this feature isnt supported on the Xbox One currently.

Any friends that are online though will appear at the front of your friends list, usually with a little green dot next to their names to show they are online, so need to scroll your entire list to find them.

Hopefully we see friend notifications added in a future update

Remember, I even did the "turn off name sharing"...and it's still showing up on my friend's list and my friend's friends list.