Xbox One Software Update Now Rolling Out, Contains Bug Fixes
A new Xbox One software update began rolling out last night.
It contains a slew of tweaks and changes including adjustments to the friend system that will notify users when favorites and friends sign into Xbox Live. This was one of the most requested features, according to IGN.com.
Friends in multiplayer will now be identified in the friends list and it will add a game save progress bar that shows the status of saves. Players will also be able to see what games or apps are updated or have been updated recently.
Other improvements include improved GameDVR quality, further tuning to Kinect voice and motion detection, 50 Hz video output for Blu-ray content recorded at 50 Hz, and controller and headset adaptor firmware updates among other amendments.
Microsoft released the Xbox One console at the end of last year.
The system features 8GB of RAM, an 8-Core CPU, 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, HDMI in and out ports, USB 3.0, 802.11n wireless, and a built-in Kinect sensor. Microsoft describes the Xbox One as an "all in one system" that is made for encompassing games, entertainment and television all into one device.
The Xbox One is designed to improve over time thanks to cloud computing. The console has have the ability to communicate with servers in the cloud to increase the computational potential of the system. Xbox One Director of development Boyd Multerer commented on the relationship around the time of the console's release.
"[As a developer] I can start doing things like shifting latency insensitive things to the cloud. You may have a limited number of transistors in your house, but you have an unlimited number of transistors in the cloud," he said.
