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Xbox One’s April update will introduce online friend notifications, according to a message supposedly posted in the private preview program area of the official Xbox forums.
Republished on NeoGAF, the post states that the next preview stage will also introduce a new game save progress bar to “show you the status of your game saves”, and further tweaks for Kinect.
There’ll apparently be a fix for 50Hz Blu-ray playback, too, and improved video quality for GameDVR captures.
Microsoft has yet to formally announce the update.
- Game and app saves and updates. A game save progress bar will show you the status of your game saves. You will also be able to easily tell what games and apps are being updated or have been updated recently.
- Friends improvements. Notifications will be added to see when favourites and friends sign in to Xbox Live. This actually was one of the most frequently requested features from the first preview wave and we made it a priority to include it in the April update. Also, friends who are in multiplayer will be identified in the friends list. We’ll also add the ability to view friends’ most popular apps.
- Blu-ray 50 Hz video output support for content recorded at 50 Hz will resolve video playback issues some Xbox Live members in Europe are experiencing.
- Kinect voice and motion improvements will continue to fine tune the quality and reliability of Xbox One commands.
- Improved GameDVR video quality through compression algorithm improvements.
- Updates to Xbox One device management to address issues controlling TVs, set top boxes, and receivers that our customers have reported.
- New audio settings to tune how much volume is lowered when Kinect is used in communications.
The update would be the third major update for Xbox One in as many months. The most recent update, which rolled out two weeks ago, rejigged the console’s Friends and Party system to allow for a smoother online experience.
UPDATE: Microsoft has confirmed the update will be rolling out to preview testers “in the coming days and weeks” and to everybody else next month.
Source: neogaf.com
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