Microsoft has been busy troubleshooting and tweaking their hardware and software now that millions of Xbox One consoles have been sold and are being used regularly. Hiccups in the software still exist, something any moderate or heavy user has likely noticed, but Microsoft have been hard at work to correct the issues at hand. For the third month in a row an update will be rolled out to improve the software and hardware experience for the Xbox One. In April, here’s what you can expect to see in the final released update:
- Automatic update download and installation for always connected Xbox One consoles that opt to never fully shut down (but instead use low power settings)
- Blu-Ray application improvements, including proper support for movies that use 50 Hz refresh rates
- Controller firmware updates for even better headset performance and wireless connectivity
Further updates should also make the cut, but these few have been confirmed by Microsoft to make the April rollout and have been reported via Microsoft’s Xbox Wire. The ability to auto download and install software updates without the need to power on your Xbox and perform the multi-step process of updating the console will be a nice feature going forward. If updates roll out in the morning while you’re at work, you should have an updated box ready to go when you get home that afternoon/evening so no time is wasted playing catchup.
There will still be more planned updates coming from Microsoft. A monthly rotation of getting updates out could continue depending on the severity of any remaining bugs and performance issues. We anticipate a lot of the kinks to be worked out by the summer timeframe and more major UI advancements and features to be added around mid/late fall 2014.
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