Xbox One can run four apps simultaneously, allows sign-in for 6 users

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Microsoft was showing the Xbox One at this year’s TGS and confirmed some details about the machine’s multi-tasking abilities and more.

The firm was demonstrating the console’s somewhat less known features to Destructoid. Microsoft’s Albert Penello’s reportedly showed the console’s ability to run four applications simultaneously. It’ll only run one game at at a time, rather obivously.

Switching between apps is similar to mobile functionality, with the OS allowing you to choose between boxes represent apps or games on the home screen.

Xbox One will support multiple sign-ins, with up to six users live at once. Kinect will decide the leader based on who’s holding the controller. Kinect will also recognize your voice among others in the room and launch games with your saves and settings.

Furthermore, Kinect will allow you to sign-in by just waving your hands, and will then pull all your details and saves from the cloud to the console.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/23/xbox-one-can-run-four-apps-simultaneously-allows-sign-in-for-six-users-at-one-time-more/

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-SpiritPosted:

xSTaTiCBLuEx Well i'd buy it to play games, not use **** apps. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A 'GAMES CONSOLE' I don't care about all this rubbish. This is why the PS4 is so much more enticing, it's focused on GAMING.


How much do you need to "focus on gaming"? Its up to the developers to make good games and both consoles play games perfectly fine. that's why Microsoft is focusing on the entertainment aspect of the console because people simply don't want a machine that will only play games.

GibbityTreePosted:

xSTaTiCBLuEx Well i'd buy it to play games, not use **** apps. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A 'GAMES CONSOLE' I don't care about all this rubbish. This is why the PS4 is so much more enticing, it's focused on GAMING.


Exactly. It's just people making a big deal about unnecessary things.

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

Well i'd buy it to play games, not use **** apps. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A 'GAMES CONSOLE' I don't care about all this rubbish. This is why the PS4 is so much more enticing, it's focused on GAMING.

_MarkPosted:

I probably wouldn't need four tabs open all at once.

MentalistPosted:

SliceFX And then there's the PS4. The thing that can't even multitask...


We still have 3 months to go, alot of things can get added in that period.

GeorgasmPosted:

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Georgasm Doubt anyone will need four apps running at once.


True, but I like how they're adding it. I'd like to listen to music while gaming and say you're playing CoD and you're waiting for the game to start you can switch to another app. Pretty convenient if you ask me.


True, but I think it's simply Microsoft trying to one up Sony.

MentalistPosted:

This is a nice thing to have, but I'm not sure if anyone will run 4 apps at the same time.

Dr-JPosted:

Those are some awesome features to have! Especially for multi-taskers

TomorrowLandPosted:

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HDITeRRoRiZeI I'm having doubts about this consoles GPU and CPU power compared to PS4...
Yeah the PS4 is 50% more powerful according to multiple devs.
Penello said the idea that just because the PS4 has 18 control units to the Xbox One's 12 CUs, doesn't make the PS4 more powerful. He wrote, "Multi-core processors have inherent inefficiency with more CU's, so it's simply incorrect to say 50% more GPU." He also said that each of Microsoft's CUs runs six percent faster than the CUs in the PS4.

Additionally, Penello claims that the Xbox One, with its DDR3 memory, has more bandwidth than the PS4, which has GDDR5 memory. He wrote, "176gb/sec is peak on paper for GDDR5. Our peak on paper is 272gb/sec. (68gb/sec DDR3 + 204gb/sec on ESRAM). ESRAM can do read/write cycles simultaneously so I see this number mis-quoted."

The Xbox One also has 10 percent more CPU than the PS4, according to Penello, adding, "Not only a faster processor, but a better audio chip also offloading CPU cycles." Finally, he stated Microsoft has "3X the coherent bandwidth for GPGPU at 30gb/sec which significantly improves our ability for the CPU to efficiently read data generated by the GPU."

Penello did say that while he was not trying to disparage the PS4's hardware specs, he did feel that some people who have tried to compare the two systems were using inaccurate methods. He also said Microsoft's senior graphics and hardware engineers will offer even more information on the Xbox One's hardware features.

MSXPosted:

pretty cool feature ps4 cant do that


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