Microsoft Previews New Xbox One Dashboard, Arrives Later This Year
Microsoft Previews New Xbox One Dashboard, Arrives Later This Year
Microsoft announced today that the Xbox One dashboard is set to receive it's first major UI update later this
year. The new Xbox One experience introduces Cortana, a redesigned home, a new Guide and Community
section, re-introduction of avatars and a complete redesign of the Xbox One user experience.
The most notable changes you can expect to see include:
- A redesigned Home: We’ve redesigned Home to surface your
most-used Xbox content. You can scroll vertically to see your recently
played games with deeper information about the content and games you are
using. You can see game DVR clips, achievements and add-ons for your
games and can also quickly discover new content.
- A new guide: Gaming must-haves like friends, party
invites and messages can be accessed directly from Home or while in a
game. Scroll left from Home or double-tap the Xbox button while in a
game and the guide will slide over on the left side of the screen. From
here you can access gaming must-haves like your friends list, party
invites, messages, and notifications.
- Community section: We’ve expanded upon the current
Friends section so gamers can more quickly and easily access all their
social activities. This includes the Activity Feed to see the latest
updates from friends and game developers as well as What’s Trending on
Xbox Live to interact with the most popular games and content currently
on Xbox Live. Scroll right from Home to see what games your friends have
been playing, interact with their posts and see the top things
happening on Xbox Live right now.
- Xbox Avatars: We saw the passion from the community
toward Xbox Avatars and are excited to bring them back in a more
prominent way on Xbox One. We are modernizing the look of avatars with
better image quality, keeping all the familiar customizations fans loved
on Xbox 360.
- Cortana comes to Xbox One: On Xbox One, Cortana becomes
your personal gaming assistant. Cortana helps you elevate your game,
gets smarter over time, and works across all your Windows 10 PCs,
tablets and phones (Cortana will also soon be available on iPhone and
Android phones). Through voice commands on Xbox One, Cortana will assist
you to more quickly find great games, new challengers and friends on
Xbox Live, or accomplish common tasks. Cortana can also help you get
achievements by surfacing videos and information to help you succeed.
Working across Windows 10 PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, and iPhone and
Android phones, Cortana can assist you wherever are you are – like
setting an important reminder from your phone to receive on your Xbox
One when you log on at home. Cortana will launch first in the U.S. and
the U.K. on Xbox One this fall.
Source: Xbox One Transforms this Fall with a New User Experience
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