Xbox One First Xbox One Update hits on February 11

[KN1GHTMARE]

On February 11, you'll be asked to update your Xbox One as soon as it connects to the Internet. The update comes with many behind the scenes improvements ranging from general stability to improved fluidity of Kinect voice commands.

On the front end of the update comes a feature that's been heavily requested by the Xbox community, the ability to manage your console's storage space. Once the update is installed, you'll be able to control the order that content installs, watch updates as they progress and view and organize your games and apps in separate lists. Once the February update is installed, you'll also be able to see how much battery power remains in your controller right from the home screen. Additionally, you'll be able to use USB keyboards with Xbox One. Microsoft says that these are just a few of the improvements that will be packaged into the update, and plans to release more information closer to the update's release.

Source: IGN

Well this will be a more than welcomed update and I'm glad it will address so many different issues all at once. The article also goes on to mention that a 2nd update will be out on March 4 and will prepare our consoles for Titanfall; this is new territory for MSFT who normally would only put out major updates 1-2 times a year. I'm happy we are seeing so much attention to detail and dedication in improving the user experience and that they are directly taking advice from the community. It is very good to see our request being met without hesitation! How do you guys feel about these updates and MSFT's overall approach? Let us know!

 

[xSaVx Carnage]

What is the purpose of being able to use a USB keyboard on the xbox one? The only thing i can think of is for browsing the internet on it, but i use my pc for that lol

 

[sc_shark]

keyboards come in handy for those of us who do not use kinect... i know i sent messages quite often to some of my friends. its much easier to use smartglass to type out message than it is to use a controler.. and even easier with a keyboard... plus bt keyboards are semi common with pc's so its an easy swap if needed.

 

[SeanM]

Thats a good update, for those that browse with the Xbox 1 and stuff, wonder if games can be played with the keyboard too...