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Xbox One's Faster, Simpler Interface is Now Available To Everyone (engadget.com)
Microsoft today announced it is releasing a major update to the Xbox One gaming console. The much-awaited update comes with a few new features and improvements such as Beam, the company's livestreaming client that does similar things as Twitch; and a faster and simpler interface. From a report on Engadget: The March update centers around a redesigned interface that's designed for speed above all else. It's quicker to perform more than a few tasks, such as finding a group to join. The revamped Guide should be much quicker, too -- it promises faster access to recent apps, background music controls and game recording. A few tweaks are designed with multitasking in mind, such as a brand new achievement tracker and a Cortana rework that puts the voice assistant into an overlay that won't disrupt what you're doing.
Available to EVERYONE? That's amazing. Glad I don't have to buy an Xbox One. Is this perhaps a promotional item rather than news?
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I noted earlier this year that Slashdot has been inundated with Microsoft articles about minor Windows 10 topics, seems to be the case.
I am sure when steam actually gets a significant change we will hear about it!
One thing that is good, is the Blu-ray bit stream audio pass through is included in this update.
I trust my amp more than I trust the XBone to make up its mind what speakers to use when transforming a 2/5.1/6.1 to what my speakers are configured as (7.1).
Hopefully it extends to the media player as well.