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[RoKKeR]

Xbox Wire: http://news.xbox.com/2016/06/06/xbox-one-summer-update-preview/
Video preview: YouTube

Starting this summer, Xbox One and the Xbox app will receive the first of two updates that will help you stay connected with friends on Xbox Live and enjoy even more games across your favorite devices. Cortana will come to Xbox One; the Xbox and Windows Stores will start to become unified; we will begin to introduce your top PC games with Game Hubs to Xbox Live, and more. These updates are crucial to giving our fans around the world a great gaming experience wherever and whatever they play.

Xbox One:

• Cortana on Xbox One: Cortana is coming to Preview in the U.S., U.K., France, Italy, Germany and Spain first, and gamers can expect the familiar Cortana experience found on other Windows 10 devices. Cortana voice commands on Xbox One will work with both headsets and Kinect. You’ll be able to use Cortana to find great new games, see what your friends are up to, start a party, accomplish common tasks, turn on your Xbox One if you’re using Kinect, and more. We’ll continue to build Cortana features over time and our vision is to use Cortana to help elevate your experience as your personal digital assistant for gaming. Just say “Hey Cortana” or launch the app to get started!

• New Game Collection: We’re updating the Game Collection interface to make it faster and easier to find and launch the games you’re looking for. Now you’ll be able to see more of your Game Collection, quickly access your own ‘Ready to Install’ tab, and get more information about titles in your queue.

Windows 10:

• Top PC games show up on Xbox Live: We’re bringing the top PC games like League of Legends and XCOM 2 together with the Xbox Live community. Meaning, your favorite PC games will have their own Game Hubs on Xbox Live. Whether you’re on your PC, Xbox, or mobile phone, you’ll be able to see what PC games your friends are playing, share your own PC gaming clips and screenshots with the community, and message your friends on Xbox Live. On both Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, you‘ll also be able to party chat with your friends no matter what they’re doing.

• Xbox and Windows Store convergence: We’re starting to combine the best of the Xbox Store and Windows Store to give gamers a single cohesive experience across their devices. On Xbox One, we’ve streamlined the shopping experience to help you find the games you love faster and at the best prices. You’ll be able to filter, browse and search results by genre, read reviews written by fellow gamers – including those voted “most helpful” by the Xbox Live community, easily recognize what titles are on sale with strikethrough pricing in lists, and more. We’ve also added several new channels to help you discover the content you love even faster. On the Windows Store, we’re adding support so gamers can browse and purchase bundles, episodic games, season passes, virtual currency and other game add-ons and DLC.

Much more in the Xbox Wire news post, but these were the highlights.

One step closer to the Xbox/Win10 future.

 

[mcrommert]

Why i no get message i am cry!

 

[Zank Frappa]

Meanwhile, on PS4..

 

[Caayn]

Whoo finally the game library gets an overhaul. Goodbye two rows you'll not be missed.

But where's the hard drive filter in the new game library? I don't see it in the screenshot.

Facebook Friend Finder on Xbox One: Facebook Friend Finder is expanding from the Xbox app to Xbox One and is a great way to find and add your Facebook friends on Xbox. As more gamers link their Facebook and Xbox Live accounts, you’ll start seeing more suggestions for Facebook friends to add and game with on Xbox Live.

Please tell me that you can disable this. It's kinda annoying that the Xbox app keeps asking you to link your account no matter how many times you decline. I don't want this on my XB1 as well.

 

[JaggedSac]

Gimme gimme

 

[Broken Joystick]

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwawqJitA78

 

[Noobcraft]

I may need a new Kinect. Cortana pls.
Edit: WAIT. "With Cortana, you will get the ability to do voice commands with your headset"!!

 

[ekim]

Finally an overhaul to "my games&apps"

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Looks better. I hope it's faster than the current dash.

 

[derFeef]

Game library looks much improved, thank god. Small tiles should be standard.

 

[Broken Joystick]

I may need a new Kinect. Cortana pls.

You can use a headset

 

[RowdyReverb]

Thank god for the improved game collection

 

[OnionPowder]

Vertical scrolling

Thank god.

 

[Phoenix Fang]

I still don't see custom soundtrack. Pretty crappy update.

 

[Sunset Samurai]

Looking good can't wait

 

[Bsigg12]

Using Cortana with a headset is a pretty big deal

 

[Thunder Thor]

Where is background music??? I was expecting that to be announced.

 

[BeforeU]

Ohh yeahhh, give it to me.

 

[harSon]

I've patiently been waiting for ota DVR for a year now....

 

[RoKKeR]

Ok, think I got most of the highlights in the OP. Biggest news IMO is this:

Cortana voice commands on Xbox One will work with both headsets and Kinect.

Has this been confirmed before? I thought it was going to be a Kinect-only feature. Being able to use a headset with Cortana is a great feature.

 

[DJSebolski]

Pretty weak update to be honest. Unless they are planning to announce some more features during E3

 

[sir_dany12]

This is not all the features. They will announce new things at E3 probably. This is the first wave por Preview members

 

[uncleslappy]

Wait so they're bringing the XCOM 2 community or actual game to xbox?

 

[Calm Killer]

Nothing here excites me other than the way they sort the games on the xbox.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Meanwhile, on PS4..

Get outta here with that. Gotta bring some negativity into the thread.

 

[The Elite]

"Doctor Hoot"

lol

There isn't that much here that I'm excited about.

 

[GitarooMan]

Finally a game library update, much needed.

 

[Vuze]

When exactly will the new store be available on Windows 10? I hope it will fix some major issues I'm experiencing with the current one...

 

[jond76]

Wait so they're bringing the XCOM 2 community or actual game to xbox?

Clarification at E3?

 

[Vinterbird]

Pretty weak update to be honest. Unless they are planning to announce some more features during E3

From what they've said so far, this update is only half. There is still the anniversary update which they will discuss at E3.

 

[RandySquizzel]

Meanwhile, on PS4..

? This a finish the sentence fun game?

Ok I'll try. Meanwhile on PS4...it's so super fabulous that it doesn't need updating.

You go next.

 

[Gamezone]

Pretty weak. And if it's like Windows Phone and Windows 10, Cortana won't be available here anyway.

 

[DagnastyEp]

Looks like another great update. The new library and store pages look slick.

 

[Backfoggen]

Finally no more garbage sideways strip of games. Cortana over headset is good too. A necessary step that has been taken finally.
Proper download progress stats too.

 

[Yoday]

The changes to the store sound amazing. I really like the idea of being able to find everything that's on sale in one place.

 

[Vashetti]

Meanwhile, on PS4..

Was there any need?

 

[VE3TRO]

Finally new My Games, nightmare using the current one.

Get outta here with that. Gotta bring some negativity into the thread.

No negativity just stability.

 

[gamz]

? This a finish the sentence fun game?

Ok I'll try. Meanwhile on PS4...it's so super fabulous that it doesn't need updating.

You go next.

Please no. We don't need update warz.


Nice update. Wanna try the Cortana stuff.

 

[Complicated]

Kinect officially useless now. Except if you're watching/streaming something and don't have a headset on I suppose. Good on Microsoft for supporting it though.

 

[Vinterbird]

Pretty weak. And if it's like Windows Phone and Windows 10, Cortana won't be available here anyway.

Microsoft really needs to either include more languages or start allowing us to have local regional store but still use English language in the UI

 

[NippleViking]

Games and Apps improvement is so good. Glad to see they've repositioned it on the home-page. Hope it's super snappy.

Only missing TV DVR, and background music now. Is there anything else?

Store unification between Windows and Xbox is interesting. "It's going to let us deliver a lot of great features in the future". Wonder what that means..

 

[Chris1]

I wish they'd give us separate tabs for 360 and XB1 games... I was hoping that's what the MG&A update would bring.

Happy Ready to Install has it's own tab though.

 

[Delicious Waffles]

Very nice. Looking forward to getting the update soon.

 

[mcrommert]

I still don't see custom soundtrack. Pretty crappy update.

Custom Soundtrack comes with the actual introduction of win 10 apps...next part of the update apparently

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Vertical scrolling

Thank god.

THIS

 

[singhr1]

I still don't see custom soundtrack. Pretty crappy update.

Thing doesn't have something I want -> crap

 

[Moa]

Being able to use your headset for Cortana is huge.

 

[jond76]

Kinect officially useless now. Except if you're watching/streaming something and don't have a headset on I suppose. Good on Microsoft for supporting it though.

Its still very useful. I don't have to mess with a controller to use voice commands to watch netflix. I don't get why people don't understand this. Hands free.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

The bit about letting you edit gameplay then upload to your Xbox feed is awesome. Might consider upgrading to Windows 10.

 

[BeforeU]

Pretty weak update to be honest. Unless they are planning to announce some more features during E3

These are not all the features. More will be coming.