"When I powered on my Xbox Series S for the first time... It felt no different from Windows 11."
(1) No accident (2) Ever see a Windows phone? That was the whole idea.
Windows Phone had a damn lot more personality than android or iphone back then, let alone now.
But the Windows Phone UI had sooo much personality - every phone looked different, showed different information etc.
My own phone changed every couple of months and it feld sooo good to have the changing tiles with information, pictures etc. I was a huge fan of the concept.