Following loads of new features which came to the Xbox One console in 2016, the Xbox team have this week introduced several exciting changes which are coming to the console in the not too distant future.
For now, they're being tested by "a small subset of gamers", with the rest of the Xbox Insider Program receiving these features in the coming weeks for testing ahead of a full roll-out in the spring.
"For gamers, the Creators Update is about performance, people, competition and streaming – getting you to the things you care about most as quickly as possible," explains Scott Henson, Xbox Partner Group Program Manager
"Today, that will mean a faster Xbox One experience than ever before, connecting you with the applications, games and of course, friends, that you enjoy most."
Take a quick look at the new features in the gallery below, or have a watch of the above video.
Below you'll find a more detailed overview from the Xbox team.
An updated look at Home:
One of the first things you’ll notice is a new look for Home.
Through the Insider program, we’ve received feedback from Xbox One gamers that the UI can be complex and for certain tasks, can require too many button presses.
Our goal is to simplify the UI and increase overall system performance, and that starts with updating Home based on what you care most about for the games you play.
Our goal is to simplify the UI and increase overall system performance, and that starts with updating Home based on what you care most about for the games you play.
To do that, we’ve optimised for speed and are surfacing to you the most valuable content for your games.
You’ll notice the main tile for what you’re currently playing has changed.
Now, you’ll see a smaller icon for the game and a few options to dive deeper into the Game Hub, interact with your Club or LFG for that game, view your Achievements and more. The updated Home also celebrates the game you’re currently playing with hero art in the background when you’re not using a custom background.
Faster and more intuitive Guide:
The next thing you’re likely to notice is that Guide has been updated. With one press of the Xbox button on your controller, you can pull up the newly enhanced Guide as an overlay on the left side of your screen, no matter what you’re doing.
With the Guide, we’ve added new features and functionality.
You’ll notice that there’s a new start page. This page is designed to get you to the content you care about most, including your games and apps, Home, Store, your recently played games and apps and your top Pins.
With the Guide, we’ve added new features and functionality.
You’ll notice that there’s a new start page. This page is designed to get you to the content you care about most, including your games and apps, Home, Store, your recently played games and apps and your top Pins.
It also features quick access to your media controls when playing background music.
A new way to multitask:
In addition to adding a new start page to Guide, we’re also evolving our multitasking system.
To simplify discoverability and to make it much quicker to get to the things you care about most, our multitasking features will also be designed to work well with the new Guide.
In addition to quick access to music, screen shots and GameDVR will be one button press away.
You can bring up Guide and press “X” or “Y” on your controller to record your favourite gaming moments.
We’ve also added a new achievement tracker which allows you to track your favourite achievements and play at the same time.
The new Guide is also where you will be able to broadcast instantly to Beam when we roll that out to Insiders in the next couple of weeks.
Cortana gaming enhancements:
There are a series of new Cortana updates to make your Xbox One smarter. In this update, you can set reminders and alarms so you don’t miss gaming sessions. In the coming weeks, we will be releasing more Cortana updates to enhance your gaming experience even more as well as continued performance and reliability updates.
Improving system updates:
Our goal with system updates is that you never have to worry about them again and to make it clearer when a system update is available. To enable this we are updating the interface so the steps are easy to understand. We’re also going to enable every Xbox One owner to keep their console, games and apps up to date independent of which power mode they have chosen.
The list below shows the current Xbox One operating system version number and what features were added or updated based on system updates from mid-2015 to the present.
To find your Xbox One console’s operating system version:
- Scroll left from Home to open the guide.
- Select Settings.
- Select All Settings.
- Select System.
- Select Console info & updates.
- Your OS version is located in the third row down on the right.
Note If you’re in the middle of a system update and need to find your operating system version on your console, pull both the left and right triggers and both the left and right bumpers on your controller at the same time. The operating system version is listed as Build and is the second line down.
OS version: 10.0.14393.2152 (rs1_xbox_rel_1610 161208-1218) fre
Release date
12/14/2016
Performance and general improvements
Download performance
- Optimizations to game and app downloads have made background downloads more resilient to intermittent connectivity issues.
Blue-ray app
Xbox is the first game console to feature Dolby Atmos, and game developers are excited about using the new capabilities to make their games richer and more engaging. Atmos support for the Blu-ray app on Xbox has been available in Preview and is now releasing to GA – and we’re very excited now to offer Atmos support to games on Xbox One and Windows 10.
Wireless controller
- Firmware update to improve performance.
Background Music
- General performance improvements for added reliability and consistent experiences across steaming music apps.
Miscellaneous
- General stability and performance improvements.
Previous system updates
Release number
OS version: 10.0.14393.2123 (rs1_xbox_rel_1610 161105-1400) fre
Release date
11/10/2016
Performance and General Improvements
Download Performance
We’ve made several optimizations to game and app downloads on Xbox One:
- Customers with high-speed connections (greater than 100Mbps) should experience up to 80% faster download speeds.
- Customers with connections less than 100Mbps should experience more consistent performance that is up to 40% faster than before.
- Additional optimizations have also made background downloads more resilient to intermittent connectivity issues.
Download speeds will be influenced by network contention within the home and at the ISP level. Download speeds will also be impacted when games are running on the console as system resources are prioritized for gameplay over background downloads. For more information, visit Troubleshoot slow game or app downloads on Xbox One.
Clubs
Introducing clubs, online meeting places for people to play and socialize. Join clubs that interest you or create a new club (your house, your rules).
Looking for Group
Need more players? Open the guide and look under Parties to get started with Looking for Group. Browse or post your own “want ads” to find other gamers who want to complete the same goals as you. Play now, or propose a future date and time.
Achievements
A top request on Xbox Feedback, we’re bringing achievement rarity to Xbox Live. Now you can find out just how unique any achievement is among players of a given game.
Gamerscore leaderboard
The Gamerscore leaderboard is now a monthly competition with your friends that resets each month. Compete right up to the very end of the month, and check to see who the previous months’ winners were.
Messaging
Now you can send messages to multiple people within the same conversation.
On-screen keyboard
The on-screen keyboard supports predictive text, and emojis are making their debut as well.
Performance
We’ve been doing a lot of work to speed up your Xbox. From navigation and opening apps to download times and Cortana’s responsiveness, the whole experience is getting smoother and faster.
OS version: 10.0.14393.1065 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608 160927-1900) fre
Release date
10/04/2016
Performance and General Improvements
HDR
- Resolved an issue which could cause some HDR content to appear too bright or faded on certain TVs when using an Xbox One S console.
Game DVR
- Resolved an issue affecting video and screenshot brightness when recorded while the TV is in HDR mode.
Miscellaneous
- General stability and performance improvements.
OS version: 10.0.14393.1062 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608 160916-1900) fre
Release date
9/23/2016
Performance and General Improvements
Miscellaneous
- General stability and performance improvements.
OS version: 10.0.14393.1058 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608 160909-1900) fre
Release date
9/15/2016
Performance and General Improvements
Miscellaneous
- General stability and performance improvements.
OS version: 10.0.14393.1045 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608 160826-1142) fre
Release date
8/31/2016
Performance and General Improvements
Miscellaneous
- General stability and performance improvements.
OS version: 10.0.14393.1040 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160816-1851) fre
Release date
8/19/2016
New or updated features
Startup Chime
- You can now modify when you hear the startup chime! You’ll find three new options in Settings > Power & startup > Power mode & startup.
- On (startup chime plays anytime the console is powered on).
- Only with power button or voice (startup chime plays when console is powered on via the power button or voice; does not play when powered on with the controller).
- Off (startup chime never plays).
Performance and General Improvements
Xbox Universal Store
- This build contains multiple fixes to address crashes in the Store.
- Fixed an issue which required users to click twice on the buy button.
- Fixed an issue which could sometimes cause time based trials to display incorrect time remaining.
- Fixed an issue which could sometimes cause a “Try again later” error to appear when newly purchased content is downloading.
- Resolved an issue which could cause errors when attempting to purchase or play Movies and TV content.
Sign-In
- Resolved an issue that was preventing some users from being able to sign in.
Xbox Guide
- Speed and performance improvements.
Game DVR
- You should now receive a “storage is full” notification when attempting to upload a capture to Xbox Live if storage is full.
Controller
- Resolved an issue which could cause certain games to fail to recognize the controller upon launch.
My Games & Apps
- Resolved issues which could cause certain apps to fail to install.
- Resolved an issue which could sometimes cause a black screen to appear when attempting to use the Weather App.
- Resolved issues which could sometimes cause Groove Music to crash.
Localization
- Resolved an issue which could sometimes cause the titles of universal apps (Movies & TV) to not appear in the console’s selected language.
Miscellaneous
- General stability improvements for games.
OS version: 10.0.14393.1027(rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160801-1743) fre
Release date
8/5/2016
New or updated features
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
OS version: 10.0.14393.1018 (rs1_xbox_rel_1608.160725-1822) fre
Release date
7/30/2016
New or updated features
Cortana available in the U.S. and UK
- Talk to Cortana on your Xbox One with your headset or Kinect. To start, just say "Hey Cortana" or launch the Cortana app. If you're not sure what to say, try "Hey Cortana, what can I say?"
- If you're using Kinect, turn on your console by saying, "Hey Cortana, Xbox on."
Background music
- Music apps will now be able to play music in the background. In an app that supports background music, just start some music. You'll be able to switch to other apps and games while the music plays.
- After starting your music: To play, pause, skip, and adjust music volume from anywhere, double-tap the Xbox button to open the guide, choose Multitasking, then select your music controls.
- The app must support background music. An updated Pandora app in the U.S. is the first app to support background music—and more are coming soon.
My games & apps
- Your stuff is closer. From Home, move right and select My games & apps.
- In My games & apps, there are new sorting options.
- "Ready to Install" has its own area, so you can quickly find the games and apps you've purchased but haven't installed.
- Game and app updates will show up in their own area, when available.
- The queue area now tells you what's been recently installed in addition to what's in your queue.
Language & location settings
- You can now choose your location separately from your system language. To change your language and location, double-tap the Xbox button to open the guide, select Settings > All settings, then choose System > Language & location.
- All languages aren't available for all locations. When you choose a language that isn't usually associated with your location, most of the system will be in your chosen language, but you may see a mix of languages in areas like Store or online content.
Top PC games on Xbox Live
- Top PC games now have game hubs on Xbox Live. Whether you're on PC, Xbox, or mobile, you'll see what PC games your friends are playing, share PC game clips and screenshots, and message friends on Xbox Live. On Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, you can join a party chat with your friends no matter what they're doing.
New Store
- Xbox Store and the Windows Store have come together, making the shopping experience more streamlined. From Home, move right to Store to start browsing all content.
- Preorders now get charged closer to game launch instead of at time of purchase.
- Customers in the U.S., Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Germany, and Finland can now use mobile operator billing to make purchases. Customers in China can now use China Union Pay.
Find Facebook friends
- Find friends from Facebook by linking your Facebook and Xbox Live accounts. In the guide, go to the Friends tab, then choose Friends > Suggestions. Select Find Facebook friends and follow the steps. Your Facebook friends that have done the same will start showing up in your suggestions.
Control automatic sharing
- You can now choose to automatically share your achievements, screenshots, and game clips to your activity feed. To change your sharing settings, go to Settings > Preferences > Activity feed.
Previous system updates
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