Stop Pushing Avatars and other Apps Automatically

Tthe avatar beta app should automatically download after you update

I update my avatar every now and then, but as many others have said. The option to now have a custom avatar had pretty much pushed these custom avatars into the dark. Don't get me wrong, I do like the personalisation and customisation of the avatars. They
just seem irrelevant now. And it's kinda sad.

Did you enroll it?

On your X check the insider hub app in Insider Content, that is where you download the avatar beta. It isn't automatically given out.

I had this issue too. Here's what I did to fix it: -

1. Make sure that neither avatar app is running in the background. One way to do this is to cold boot/reboot your console.

2. Launch the Xbox Original Avatars app, make a change to your old avatar and save it. All I did is change a piece of clothing. I'm not sure if this step is 100% required, but I'm including it here cos it's part of what I did.

3. Force close the Xbox Original Avatars app. To do this, open the guide, highlight the app, press the menu button, then choose "Quit" from the little menu that pops up. You should notice that next to the avatar's main tile at the top of your home screen
it now says "Launch" next to the app instead of "Resume", which denotes that it's no longer running in the background.

4. Launch the new Xbox Avatars app and go to the section where you can choose to use your old avatar. It should now load in OK.

I believe this issue occurs because you're using the new Xbox Avatars app while the Xbox Original Avatars app is still running in the background, and that stops the old avatar from loading into the new app for some reason, so all you see is your new avatar
standing next to a spinning loading circle that never goes away.

They need to try to stop pushing Kinect and Apps as much, focus on the Core games a more. Perhaps a better voice codec, that Skype purchase might come in handy for that.