The «New message from Xbox» tile on dashboard still uses the old icon «Parties & chats».

To my knowledge there are no party icons on the xbox website. For party icons or party chat you will need to get the xbox app for your mobile device to use party chat, or on your computer you can hold windows+g and it will open up an xbox UI where you can
also use party chat.

if this does not help you can you please elaborate on “party icon”?

OK, I just installed an old Xbox 360 game, accessed the Xbox 360 guide, and no messages were shown (even old threads). I left the game and unsurprisingly still saw that little "1" next to the Messages icon in the Xbox One dashboard.

Ugh.

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@LostKauz.. Just asking..

If you're in Party Chat & it's not set to Game Chat, while playing an Originals game... Shouldn't it just use the dashboard for communication [Can still use Guide Button] & the console will open ports for party chat etc..??

[/quote]No, you're removed from Party Chat. The Guide Button is replaced with all current Support from Xbox LIVE while playing Xbox OG Games.

Party Chat ought to work just like Xbox 360's Xbox Live Party Chat.

On Xbox 360, an Xbox Live Party is where a group of up to 8 people (regardless if on each others friends lists or not) can get together in a party, and participate in chat, while everyone and anyone in that party, can play ANY game and ANY app and even be
on the Dashboard, and still be easily to participate in the party, along with everyone else in the party.

On Xbox 1, Party Chat shouldn't be restricted to which games or apps or what others in that party, are doing on the Xbox 1 console. Granted, Xbox 1 is only 13 months old, and XBL has been subject to at least two denial of service attacks by a group of hackers
(it's on Google and has been on Australian TV news). This is what makes Xbox Live Party on Xbox 360 magic. It doesn't have the Dashboard issues which Xbox 1 is having. So I expect a next gen console with 300,000+ Xbox Live servers and better hardware, to be
able to do this.

I was able to start a Party Chat on my Xbox 1 console this week and last week though. One of Xbox Live's key Xbox Live Features isn't only about games, but about SOCIAL as well. That's why Voice Messaging and Picture Messaging are Xbox Live Feature options
on ways to send messages over XBL on an Xbox 360 console.

Usually there is no need to have the party chat window open while playing. You may just unsnap it. Whether with the Kinect voice command "xbox unsnap" or by going to the main dashboard window, having it unsnapped with the tile "unsnap" and then go back to
the game.

If experiencing problems that chat does not continue after unsnapping the party app, please try to first join and unsnap the party and then start the game.