New Home Screen is amazing You can finally see your background image better

Thanks for the update.

Based on the info you’ve shared, it looks like the option to view your current background image through the background settings menu is no longer available.

Since your original screenshot no longer appears in Captures, and you haven’t changed the background yet, your best bet now is to take a new screenshot of your Home screen while the image is still visible.

Here’s how to save a copy of your current background:

Go to your Xbox Home screen

Press the Xbox button, then press Y to take a screenshot

Go to Capture & share > Recent captures

Upload it to OneDrive or save it to a USB drive

This will include anything visible on the Home screen (like tiles and game icons), so it’s not a clean copy, but it’s still a way to keep a version of the background before it’s gone.

You can choose any image to leave the background, for example if you are playing a game and capture the screen, you can use the image to set the background, for that you just click on the image and you will have the option to set it to the background of the screen, this way of leaving the console always personalized is quite interesting. You can download images from the internet for your console or add them via a USB stick. There are several ways for you to customize your Xbox background image.

Regarding the background part of the update, they moved the ability to change your tile color to a new section under settings called "My Xbox" which is located on the bottom left of the screen. This is also where you can go to declare your "Home Xbox" as
well as choose a system-specific color for your background (basically the same colors you can choose for your tiles + black) instead of an actual image. Due to the new background changes, they've also changed how you can interact with achievements if you go
into the achievements app (full-screen) and look at them individually - the whole menu looks different.

The whole profile update looks awesome too, but I've noticed that the "motto" from the Xbox 360 is noticeably absent.

Hi! My name is Kyle and I'm an independent advisor.

"There's no point uploading it to OneDrive or onto an external considering Xbox doesn't have a function to take images from those as Home backgrounds"

This is not true; Xbox allows you to set a custom background using Microsoft Edge or a USB drive: https://support.xbox.com/help/account-profile/customize-xbox-home/change-xbox-one-background

To upload a customised image with a USB device:

Copy a JPG or PNG file that you want to use to a USB device, and then plug it into your Xbox. Make sure that the USB device is not formatted to be an external device for games storage.

Press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide. Select Profile & system > Settings > General > Personalisation > My background > Customised image.

A dialogue box appears that shows the contents of your console and the connected USB device. Select the USB device, and then choose your image.

To upload a customised image by using Microsoft Edge:

Use the browser to find an image that you like for your Home screen background. While hovering your cursor over the image, press the Menu button, and then select Open image in new tab to make sure that the image is large enough to be a suitable background.

After you find the image that works best, press the Menu button while hovering over the large view of the image, and then select Set as background.

Please reach back if you have further questions.

Thanks,
Kyle

You can personalize the Home Screen but there is no way it will only show your background or a single color. Sorry.