Xbox One April update adds friends notifications, Kinect and video quality improvement

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The Xbox One April update currently rolling out to systems in Microsoft's beta program, an initiative that lets console owners test system updates prior to their official launch, includes friend notifications, Blu-ray 50 Hz support, Kinect voice and motion improvements and more.

The friends notifications will allow users to see when favorites and friends sign in to Xbox Live. Friends notifications were made a priority in the April update as it was one of the most frequently requested features in the first preview wave, according to Microsoft.

The upcoming rollout will also identify friends in multiplayer games in the friends list and introduce the ability to view friends' most popular apps. Game and app saves changes will introduce a game save progress bar to show the status of game saves. Users will be able to easily view recent and current updates made to games and apps.

Kinect voice and motion refinements will be added to "continue to fine tune the quality and reliability of Xbox One commands" and video quality will be increased through "compression algorithm improvements." The update will add Blu-ray 50 Hz video output support for content recorded at 50 Hz to address video playback issues experienced by European Xbox Live users.

Xbox One device management fixes will address known issues with controlling TVs, set top boxes and receivers. Users will also be able to tweak audio volumes when Kinect is used in communications.
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full article: http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/18/55...adds-friends-notifications-kinect-and-gamedvr

microsoft is listening and giving the community what they want. not a bad thing... i just don't want it to be like 360 where every time someone logs on it shows them... i would be ok if it was favorites only. as for the blue ray.. havn't used it yet..... they need to fix the headset stuff tho.. i know they are catching allot of heat with the xo7 and astros not working in full digital.. need ot get that ironed out asap for those players who purchased with the adapter.
 
found this article that gives a breakdown

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 favorites 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.
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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ab...ations-to-return-in-next-update/1100-6418374/

if a modd wants to link the 2 posts together feel free... its different articles on same subject.. just didn't want to clutter one post up with multiple articles and info.
 
I've been beta testing this for a little over a week and it's all running as it should.
 
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