Let's be honest, you spend what, 5-10 seconds at most sitting on he home screen?
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New Fall Update for Xbox One starting to roll out today
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Let's be honest, you spend what, 5-10 seconds at most sitting on he home screen?
slosherbomb
Member
I've had it for couple weeks and my kinect functionality has taken an even deeper dive.
Seriously why is my kinect just getting worse and worse?
Seriously why is my kinect just getting worse and worse?
VincentMatts
Member
Missing the point, any app you open whether its steam, origin, bnet or ps4 shows you this BASIC info without having to press something to see it. This is xbox live, it relies on this type of information. I wanna know as soon as i open my xbox what the situation is without having to press a button to do it. Its basic UI design 101.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
MS is trying to tell you that Kinect is a relic of the past.
I do hate that Cortana seems so slow compared to before...
Toadthemushroom
Member
Great update. From a cold boot the "My Games and Apps" library now loads immediately, and with a snappy zoom transition too.
This is exactly what I wanted. Everything else that has been updated feels faster or slicker, and the new guide and home menu finally make the distinction between the two necessary. Under the old system it always seemed redundant to have both a guide and a home menu.
The guide itself is great too - moving away from a hamburger-menu driven system to having a tab bar with options along the top is much better and faster.
Still, there are core parts of the experience that haven't been touched. The most notable one is the Store app. That's still slow as molasses to scroll through and has the old animations and transitions. It's obvious.
This is exactly what I wanted. Everything else that has been updated feels faster or slicker, and the new guide and home menu finally make the distinction between the two necessary. Under the old system it always seemed redundant to have both a guide and a home menu.
The guide itself is great too - moving away from a hamburger-menu driven system to having a tab bar with options along the top is much better and faster.
Still, there are core parts of the experience that haven't been touched. The most notable one is the Store app. That's still slow as molasses to scroll through and has the old animations and transitions. It's obvious.
LordBaztion
Member
The guide needs to separate friend and clubs into different tabs and have an additional tab for notifications.
Resident_UA
Member
So if I'm getting X, all I need to do is move my games to an external drive, correct? There's no need for a full backup on Xbox with this firmware?
Yes.
You'll want to turn on the 4K assets download function since you're getting an X so all your games don't try to update when you migrate to the new console. It's just a nice QoL feature for anyone looking to upgrade to an X that already owns an Xbox One.
Microsoft is trying to tell you that Kinect is dad.
thatJohann
Member
Tell me more. What do you see differently?
I was in preview and backed out of insider because of this. Kinect would shut off and needed to be unplugged/plugged back in.
And for y'all hating on Kinect, come the fuck on. It's super useful for voice control and creates the best Skype experience I've ever had on any platform.
Video from Major here: https://youtu.be/s946FOBDmDk
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Finally gotten used to the new guide.
THank god they fixed "crack mode"
I only just noticed today the subtle movements of the background on the Xbox Live Gold and Welcome page.
I wish that subtle moment could be turned on for your wallpaper....i know its a minut thing, but it give the whole OS some depth on those sections....ive got a pretty flat background as is, but having subtle movements as i select different items would be amazing.
Maybe its a precursor to the animated backgrounds they were talking about when the first Alpha showed up.
Sorta like how on Android your background moves depending on the page you are on.
Its really subtle on Xbox I want it everywhere now!
THank god they fixed "crack mode"
I only just noticed today the subtle movements of the background on the Xbox Live Gold and Welcome page.
I wish that subtle moment could be turned on for your wallpaper....i know its a minut thing, but it give the whole OS some depth on those sections....ive got a pretty flat background as is, but having subtle movements as i select different items would be amazing.
Maybe its a precursor to the animated backgrounds they were talking about when the first Alpha showed up.
Sorta like how on Android your background moves depending on the page you are on.
Its really subtle on Xbox I want it everywhere now!
AlmostMilk
Member
I feel like with every update it's hit or miss. One update and it will work perfectly fine, the next it doesn't work at all. This update seems to be a miss.
MrBenchmark
Member
Im gonna check it later playing iron banner rn.
After about five whole minutes with the new update I like it quite a bit. Seems like a pretty big improvement.
Don't worry about us hating on Kinect, worry about Microsoft hating on Kinect.
Don't worry about us hating on Kinect, worry about Microsoft hating on Kinect.
GinoFelino
Member
plagiarize
Banned
I'm enjoying it so far. I'll forget about it in a week, but putting 'My games and apps' front and center is looooong over due.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
You make it seem like there's not a monumental difference between several seconds to load a simple menu item vs instant.
A UI/UX is not only about speed, but a significant portion of it is.
Would be much smarter, instead of showing us our real name or our E-Mail cycling through. Not sure why that stuff is even displayed, to be honest. It's not like anyone will suddenly forget that information.
Cool. OS seems faster now. Here is what I added to home:
Pins
Friend
Elite Dangerous
Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Live Gold
Would be nice if applications also surfaced info like the games do so you could add them to home.
(would prefer live tiles to this add to home stuff anyway).
Also, don't like that I can't move to the left to bring up the sidebar now.
The Games and Apps page loads a lot faster now. Looks cleaner too. Wish I could have larger tiles for the game icons on my home pins area.
Pins
Friend
Elite Dangerous
Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Live Gold
Would be nice if applications also surfaced info like the games do so you could add them to home.
(would prefer live tiles to this add to home stuff anyway).
Also, don't like that I can't move to the left to bring up the sidebar now.
The Games and Apps page loads a lot faster now. Looks cleaner too. Wish I could have larger tiles for the game icons on my home pins area.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Light theme is lovely
What happened to new avatars and profiles they mentioned in August?
What happened to new avatars and profiles they mentioned in August?
MrBenchmark
Member
Yup 4k bluray blacks look brown they totally ignored my reports
Tested alien covenant space looks brown and in my Samsung stand alone 4k player blacks are perfect just like the Xbox was before the fall update
Leyasu
Banned
Ive noticed now that when you do a speed test, I get a ping in the 40ms where before it would be 170+ms.
Meaning my Xbox connects directly to an EU azure center, as opposed to the default NA one that it was using since the beginning. Obviously one of the things that they did in order to speed up the online parts of the dash.
Meaning my Xbox connects directly to an EU azure center, as opposed to the default NA one that it was using since the beginning. Obviously one of the things that they did in order to speed up the online parts of the dash.
MrBenchmark
Member
excuse the phone pic but it gets the issue across. Before the fall update blurays looked the same as my stand alone now its messed up just like it was and way i left the alpha program and other issues.
fall update
Stand alone samsung 4K and how Xbox looked before update
fall update
Stand alone samsung 4K and how Xbox looked before update
Is anybody else having trouble transferring games from one hard drive to another in bulk? Specifically, when I pause the transfer, it will only stay paused for about 5-7 seconds before starting to transfer the next game in the queue?
On a related note, where in the system can I report this issue? That option was taken out of the shutdown menu?
That aside, I'm loving this new UI and the light option. Just snappy.
On a related note, where in the system can I report this issue? That option was taken out of the shutdown menu?
That aside, I'm loving this new UI and the light option. Just snappy.
JeffG
Member
I am doing a 155 item copy. It paused for me for 10 secs with no issues (and then I resumed it)
Ok. Maybe I just need a complete power down to get the initial cobwebs out of the update. Thanks.
I'm pretty much doing the same thing with a new 4TB HD I bought for this.
JeffG
Member
I did that just after it installed.
Hockeymac18
Member
I have been really liking this update. Sooooooooooo much faster to use.
..and now it's behaving even before I had a chance to power it down. Works for me.
JeffG
Member
i loved it immediately its so much faster and more responsive.
Only annoyance is actually having to hit friends in the friends tab to access the list......its an extra step probably not needed
MrTroubleMaker
Member
thanks, updating!
stryker1138
Member
excuse the phone pic but it gets the issue across. Before the fall update blurays looked the same as my stand alone now its messed up just like it was and way i left the alpha program and other issues.
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Stand alone samsung 4K and how Xbox looked before update
Gross.
It's beautiful. I've left it on that for the past few weeks. Feels like a new machine.
I tried to but it hurts my eyes too much and 90% of the time I play late evening/night so I'm just going to leave it black.
As for the new update ,I really like it so far! Roll on the OG xbox backwards compatibility!
Damn it MS! I had hoped to use the 1X as a 4K bluray player. You can vote on apps like the bluray player app, right? I wonder if a bunch of bad reviews would get their attention.
Thank you looking into it. Any suggestions on a reasonably priced 4K HDR bluray player?