The July 2018 system update for Xbox is rolling out to everyone now for Xbox One, Xbox One S, and Xbox One X. While in this mode, game audio will be muted allowing you to talk with your audience.įinally, you’ll also notice some improvements in the broadcast video quality and performance. In addition, support for multi-touch has been added, and there’s a new per-channel leaderboard to list those users who have contributed during the share controller session.Īlso, streamers can now use the webcam in full screen while broadcasting. If you use Mixer, the update enables full mouse and keyboard support for PC users, including Share Controller Key Bindings. Now, you can press the “Y” button anywhere to bring up a search interface for apps, games, settings, and more. This release also delivers search improvements. Groups will show up in My Games & Apps, Home, and Guide, and it’s a feature that syncs across Xbox consoles. You can rename, organize, order, and add Groups to Home. Using Groups, you can create collections of anything available in the My Games & Apps. Starting with the July 2018 update, the Xbox dashboard is introducing “Groups” for Pins. According to the company, using this new feature users will be able to jump into a game twice as fast. Xbox's Game Pass system will add new games starting on March 1st.Although Xbox already offers a similar feature, FastStart will be an extension to the ready to start feature that allows users to start games before they’re downloaded.

With quite a few first-party releases coming along this year from Microsoft, however, it's likely that more gamers will be joining the service over the course of 2018.

Stockholders of game stores have taken issue with the subscription service from the get-go, as was evidenced by GameStop's stock plummeting 8.5%, even before Microsoft added new releases to the service. One retailer went so far as to pull Xbox One consoles from its shelves in protest. On the other hand, some game retailers haven't been big fans of the service. Between the new releases, a large collection of older titles, and the ability to download the game to the player's console rather than having to stream it, there's a lot for players to like about the subscription service. While paying a subscription fee is already necessary in order to play games online, the Xbox Game Pass subscription service has nonetheless enticed many players. Alternatively, Microsoft will be offering 6-month subscriptions for $59.99. Gamers can access all of the titles that the Xbox Game Pass has to offer with a monthly subscription fee of $9.99.

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