September Update Out Now for Xbox One

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Hot on the heels of its latest major system update, the Xbox One’s September Patch is now rolling out a tad earlier, here in late August.

It introduces the brand new Media Player app that will play files from an attached USB device. According to Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb, DNLA support is coming soon. The Party App is new and improved while new features are being added to SmartGlass. You’ll find all of the major update point below, courtesy of Major Nelson.



You can also catch the overview video above.

Xbox One September Update

A new Media Player app: Play media files from an attached USB device with the new media player app – DNLA support for home media servers coming soon.

“Xbox One will support more formats than Xbox 360, including support for dozens of new file formats like Mpeg 2 TS, animated gifs and MKV, which will be added by the end of the year.”

Party on in the new and improved Party App

“Be the leader of your party with the new party leader setting. As the party leader, you can change whether the party requires invitations and you can remove others from the party. The updated app also lets you see what activities everyone in your party is doing and who is playing in the same game with you in addition to being able to quickly perform common actions like muting, joining, or sending game invites.”

New features for SmartGlass

“You can now post status messages from the Activity Feed and comments, or share items from both your Activity Feed and Game Clips. Along with the new comment and share features, a personalized Activity Feed has been added to your profile and messages have been updated to a new layout supporting a full conversation view. Additionally, we are adding the ability to record game clips directly from the Now Playing bar. Finally, for users who upgrade the app directly, we have introduced a What’s New page highlighting the features of each release.”

“Xbox On” capabilities in Australia, Canada (French), Italy, Spain, and Mexico

“New regions will have the ability to use the “Xbox On” Kinect voice command to power on their consoles when they’re in connected standby (Instant On) mode.’

Boot to TV

“Now Xbox One owners will be able to set their console to boot directly to television when coming out of connected standby.”

Bandwidth Usage Display

“Bandwidth Usage will show users how much bandwidth their Xbox One is consuming over a period of time, a useful tool for those who want to track against bandwidth caps set by ISPs in certain markets.”

GameDVR deletes

“Users will be able to choose multiple GameDVR clips to delete at once in the Upload app.’

Save your Avatar Gamerpic

“A new option to save Avatar Gamerpics to users’ OneDrive.”



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Source: http://mp1st.com/2014/08/28/xbox-ones-september-update-check-whats-store/

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GossipPosted:

The most useful update. The multi clip delete comes in handy. I also like that I can finally play music off my phone now.

LoungePosted:

Despite the update, That white xbox looks amazing!

ZipsPosted:

These are nice updates, have to say well done to Microsoft for this one.

AchePosted:

Cool little update, ill check it out later tonight.

Some nice new features have been added.

GucciGarzaPosted:

I dont have the friends tab, is that in the next update?

Mercedes_BenzPosted:

i get every f'n day a update without knowing whats inside of it :/ probably some nsa or cia spy software :/

1989Posted:

Ethics I have to say, that white controller and console in the picture looks beautiful!

about the update, I am really looking forward to the sharing a screen with a friend thing.



i have a white xbox one controller its really nice

1989Posted:

Jystin I haven't received the update either yet?


you have to do it manually its in system

1989Posted:

I like the new updates, especially the xbox on istant boot.

AggroPosted:

Can we fix Xbox thinking I'm talking to it when I say simliar to "Xbox".