Those who successfully joined the Xbox One's firmware beta should now have the system's latest update and we've some impressions of what the upgrade brings from Reddit user da13thninja.
The update improves the console's friend list function and allows you to update the controller through a USB. Describing the contents of the update, he said:
- You can update controller through USB You now have an option under Kinect that says
- Turn hand cursor off while watching video
- Tutorials about gestures and voice commands are in the settings menu
- A ”show all other notifications” option under NOTIFICATIONS (hopefully this means we will be able to see if friends come online)
- Everything just seems FASTER!
- OPTICAL and HDMI audio settings have an option for “BITSTREAM OUT” (no idea what it is. IIT gives you an option between DTS Digital Surround and Dolby Digital
- Friends APP is much improved. Can see online friends first, recent players and a FAVORITES option. Pretty much everything you saw in that video on XBOX’s YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Loads a lot faster too.
- I tried saying “XBOX, BROADCAST” for shits and giggles and it opened TWITCH! don’t think I can broadcast anything though. YET!
In conclusion he added, "Overall, the whole system seems to be a lot snappier. Its definitely a lot more refined. I might be spending more time with my xbox after this."
Meanwhile, DuhTigersBlood has posted an image of the updated Xbox One friend list which you can see at the top of this post while this is what the controller update process looks like:
