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New Xbox App On Windows 10 And Xbox One Features Unveiled (video)

9:44 am April 23, 2015 By Julian Horsey

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Microsoft has this week revealed new features that you can expect to enjoy using the Xbox App on Windows 10 and the Xbox One games console in the near future.

The new tweaks and enhancements being rolled out by Microsoft in the next update have been designed to make the Xbox application more social as well as provide users with more control over their Xbox experience.

Within this month’s update Microsoft is also including a number of highly requested features from Xbox One users for both the console and the Xbox One SmartGlass app.

– Game DVR for PC games – The Game bar lets you record game clips of your favorite Windows games.

– Screenshots – Take screenshots of Windows PC games by pressing Windows + Alt + PrtScr. Just as with Game DVR, you can also do this by clicking the “Screenshot” button on the Game bar.

– Live Tiles – The Xbox tile on your Windows 10 start menu now welcomes you back, showing off your gamerpic and letting you know when you have new messages and activity alerts.

– Avatar app – A new app is available in the Windows Store to customize your Xbox avatar’s appearance and outfit your avatar with a vast collection of items.

– User profile – You can see another gamer’s bio, location, reputation, tenure, and other information in the more info page, including their animated avatar.

– Real name sharing – Similar to the features we brought you in the March update on Xbox One, you can now choose to share your real name on the Xbox app with all of your friends or with everybody.

– In addition to keeping you connected to your games and friends, we’re giving you even more control over the Xbox experience on Windows 10.

– Xbox One Now Playing and media controls – The games and apps you’ve used most recently on your Xbox One are now displayed when you connect the Xbox app to your console. You can also use the Xbox app to pause, fast forward and rewind.

– Live TV streaming and PIP (picture in picture) support – For preview members with an Xbox One Digital TV Tuner (in 16 European countries and Australia) or a Hauppauge 955Q TV Tuner (available in the U.S. or Canada) attached to their Xbox One, you can now stream live TV within your home from your Xbox One to Windows 10 PC running the Xbox app.

– Xbox controller drivers – The drivers for Xbox controllers are now included with Windows 10, so you no longer have to download and install controller drivers on Windows 10.

– The Xbox app will automatically update to the April preview version when it becomes available in the Windows Store. Once you receive the update, your version number should be 4.4.9014.0 or higher. You can verify the version number of the Xbox app in Settings.

  • Xbox One and SmartGlass updates

– The Xbox team continues to work hard to bring the many fan-requested features on the Xbox Feedback site to Xbox One and Xbox One SmartGlass, with the following items being available to preview members this month:

– Over-the-air TV for the U.S. and Canada – Earlier this month, we announced the preview for an Over-the-Air Tuner for the U.S. and Canada.

– Power on and off from Xbox One SmartGlass – The beta versions of the Xbox One SmartGlass apps for Windows, Windows Phone and Android will be updated to let you turn your Xbox One on and off.

– Wireless Display app – Try the Wireless Display app to cast photos stored on your phone to your Xbox One, or to stream non-protected video content from your PC to your Xbox.

– User-selectable power mode – Select your preferred power mode, either Instant-on or Energy-saving mode.

– Voice messages – The ability to send and receive voice messages from the Xbox One messages app continues in preview this month.

Source: Major Nelson

Filed Under: Entertainment News, Gaming News, Top News, Xbox

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