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Xbox One April Update Preview Now LIVE - Friend Online Notifications are back(soon)!
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TeknoBlast
Banned
External HDD support would be nice to have soon. Have about 140GB left.
They are both pretty shit. If you care about Blu-ray, you should have a dedicated player that is quieter, faster, consumes less energy and can do 3D.
I don't think it has to do with playing catch up. Sony was not releasing updates to the PS3 when they lost a lot of favor. I think we are getting fast updates because MS is better at software.
I wonder if more people have Xbox ones than 3d tvs right now. I mean, that actually use them.
My PS3 is my dedicated Blu-Ray . Especially since neither X1 or PS4 can play 3D movies.
tomchoucrew
Member
Here is a video of the sound mixer (french)
http://www.xboxygen.com/News/16964-Xbox-One-la-nouvelle-gestion-du-volume-en-images-et-video
http://www.xboxygen.com/News/16964-Xbox-One-la-nouvelle-gestion-du-volume-en-images-et-video
yankeehater
Member
Beacons were fantastic. Yeah I didn't use them all the time, but they were handy for those barely played games YOU still want to play.
I have a couple of guys on my lye list who play Daytona USA and got a few races in thanks to beacons.
Backfoggen
Banned
This is the one thing I'd like a MS guy to be like "it's on the list" or whatever about.
I would watch movies in 3D as my tv has like 4 glasses and the 3D demos were sick, but I would rather rent them. Redbox to my knowledge doesn't have 3d movies
I wish I would've seen this feature before I got the update so I could do a comparison but here's a bit of me failing a jump repeatedly in Strider:
http://1drv.ms/1kGaFcS
Plus a picture of the Chat Mixer screen:
Who has been hyping this? And to be fair, the PS4 does not have notifications.
They honestly just need to start building the 360 interface onto XBO with more similarities.
Agree and the XBO should be able to record longer.
Not exactly the same, but if you're looking to record longer segments you can broadcast to twitch and archive it. You need better internet than I have for it to look halfway decent though.
I wonder if they could make the GameDVR record longer after they add external hard drive support. Like as long as the external is connected we could record longer and maybe control the quality. That might make dedicated pvrs obsolete but it would be an amazing feature set.
Weird. there is no Xbone Waypoint, so it's def 360 id, but why? No clue. Checking into it. Do you have Waypoint installed on more than one device? (Phone? 360?)
Frayne Daddy
Banned
Did they start rolling this out? I did get a notification about the update via message on smartglass and a fairly long update just now. Just a coincedince?
IAmABeliver
Neo Member
As a software guy, I can get behind them doing smaller, but more frequent, updates. To be fair, the mobile app landscape shepherded this approach but it's a win-win for all involved. Push out what's ready and hold what isn't.
As objectively spoken as I can be on the subject, I was going to get an X1 from the beginning for the media features. It's lovely as an addition to the living room media center. But I also know from the 360's lifecycle that what was missing from launch (and there is still a lot they need to improve on after this update) that they're going to improve the experience as time goes on. I never had a PS3, but I don't recall there being many updates to the PS3 OS experience. Think of 360 from launch to now -- it's a completely different beast. I'm very glad that Microsoft operates this way. Looking towards the future, I can see the X1 gaining traction with cloud computing making up for some of the technical mismatching that PS4 has the advantage over, but by no means am I tied to any graphic or game development. It just gives me hope and seemed more future proof than what the PS4 offers. Although, Playstation Now looks pretty sweet.
As objectively spoken as I can be on the subject, I was going to get an X1 from the beginning for the media features. It's lovely as an addition to the living room media center. But I also know from the 360's lifecycle that what was missing from launch (and there is still a lot they need to improve on after this update) that they're going to improve the experience as time goes on. I never had a PS3, but I don't recall there being many updates to the PS3 OS experience. Think of 360 from launch to now -- it's a completely different beast. I'm very glad that Microsoft operates this way. Looking towards the future, I can see the X1 gaining traction with cloud computing making up for some of the technical mismatching that PS4 has the advantage over, but by no means am I tied to any graphic or game development. It just gives me hope and seemed more future proof than what the PS4 offers. Although, Playstation Now looks pretty sweet.
Frayne Daddy
Banned
Was the managing of add ons always there before? Sorry for cell phone pic lol
Was the managing of add ons always there before? Sorry for cell phone pic lol
yes it was part of the first update
Frayne Daddy
Banned
Cool cool. Did u get an update today? By first update do you mean a few weeks ago beta?
Thanks
How are you using WMC on the Bone?
I actually mean the February update which wasn't part of the preview program
I did get the update today (I am in preview program)
Frayne Daddy
Banned
Ah never mind then
...nothing to see here lol
Edit:
My non preview program friend didn't get an update today. Must be preparing for it.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I too got a message saying the next beta patch will start soon.
I have an Xbox One and a 3DTV. I have to have the PS3 hooked up to take advantage of it. I'm a total sucker for 3D movies, once I switched to passive. Active gave me a headache.
I'm surprised it wasn't just a part of the system. I wonder when they finalized the specs of the system, that 3D wasn't just a no-brainer.
IAmABeliver
Neo Member
I thought 3D TVs weren't selling. It's just too awkward, IMO. I don't expect 4K TVs to take off until Internet speeds get higher in America either.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
How do I sign up?
LukasTaves
Member
Yeah, instead of asking for online friends notifications people should have asked for actually useful ones (notification when a friend, no matter if favorite or not starts playing the same game I am, or one that I set up a beacon for)
I believe that has been there.
ChiliManiac
Banned
Despite all the negative criticism(even my skepticism at times) I'm glad I bought the xbox one. Microsoft is giving solid updates and starting to make good on its promises, thanks to...THE INTERNET!
Pretty sure this is new to the April Update - a little controller icon shows up in the friends list for anyone who is playing a joinable game:
I saw this looking at my friends list..Does that mean mine updated already?
Just poking around the settings, it seems alot quicker. Dunno.
I don't remember seeing the icon before so it could've been in one of the other updates. I got the update last night.
Easy way to check if you have it, go to settings, Display and Sound. If you see the new section labeled Volume with Sound mixer and Chat Mixer, you have it.
Or Settings -> System -> Console info
OS version 6.2.10785.0
brandonh83
Banned
Thinking about picking up an Xbox One tomorrow. What does everyone think of theirs so far?
I'm interested in Titanfall, Killer Instinct, Garden Warfare, and Dead Rising 3. Do those justify the console?
I'm interested in Titanfall, Killer Instinct, Garden Warfare, and Dead Rising 3. Do those justify the console?
SEGAvangelist
Member
I would say Killer Instinct and Titanfall justified the console for me. hehe
The others are just awesomely fatty gravy on the top.
KeyboardThug
Member
For me they did. But I love PGR and Forza so an xbox was a no brainer for me.
Absolutely, haven't played Garden Warfare yet. But other games your mentioned are solid buy.
brandonh83
Banned
Awesome. Yeah, I'm a big fan of Killer Instinct, Titanfall seems like a really good game to have in general considering its replay value.