Xbox August Update adds 1080p and 60fps game streaming to Windows 10

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When Windows 10 launched on July 29, it enabled Xbox One users to stream games to their PC. Today, as part of the August update, streaming now supports 1080p/60fps.

Here’s the list of features rolling out today as part of the August update:

1080p/60fps Game Streaming – You can now stream games from your Xbox One to Windows 10 devices in high-res HD quality at 1080p/60fps. The new streaming capability works best for gamers who have home networks with adequate bandwidth. In the Xbox app on Windows 10, go to Settings > Game Streaming and set the video encoding level to Very High, which will then stream games from your Xbox One to your Windows 10 PC at 1080p and 60fps (frames per second).

Right Click – You can now right-click on one of your friends and select Send Message or Invite to Party to more quickly connect with your friends.
Notifications – Starting today, you can enable or disable notifications for when you are invited to a party or a multiplayer game via Settings > General > Party & Games Invitations.

Recently Played – Now you will see an animated display alternately showing you how many friends have played each game along with the four most recent players. The display will then switch to show a second tile with your last played date, Gamerscore and Achievements percentage complete. If you click on the game, it will take you to the Game Hub, where you can see a list of all of your friends who have played the game sorted by most recently played along with their online status.

Compare Achievements with a Friend – You can now compare your achievement status with one of your friends who has played the game. From a Game Hub page, select Achievements > Compare at the top right above the list of all of the achievements.

My Games – We updated My Games to support a grid view with a jump list, where your games are now displayed in a grid sorted alphabetically. If you click on a letter, you can collapse the list and then select a specific letter of the alphabet to more quickly find a game. The list of games that are automatically discovered has been updated as well.

Add Games – The ability to manually add games to your collection that have a link in the Start Menu by selecting My Games > Add a game from your PC has been updated with a help link to help you add games to your collection.

An update to the Xbox app on Windows 10 is also included to address sign-in issues, localization and game streaming which was “reported by a subset of Windows 10 users.” The app should automatically update to the newest version for users later today.



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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/08/18/xbox-august-update-windows-10-streaming-1080p-60fps/

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PolygonPosted:

I hate how they are forcing these features for an OS.
Some people just don't care about games and want to use win10 for windows.

SpeedomPosted:

Tested this and it worked like a dream :)

ClioPosted:

This update looks positive, atleast from what i can see. There hasn't been many major changes through updates in the past.

TiffxnyPosted:

THCv3 For those of you that have not streamed though Windows 10, don't get your hopes up. It is not as good as you might think. It's very buggy and usually 1-2 seconds behind everyone else when playing multiplayer games. Tried this on a 50MB and a 5MB network with same result on both networks.


they still have loads to fix but they have to start somewhere

DeluxeHazardPosted:

This update sounds very good from what I have read.

THCv3Posted:

For those of you that have not streamed though Windows 10, don't get your hopes up. It is not as good as you might think. It's very buggy and usually 1-2 seconds behind everyone else when playing multiplayer games. Tried this on a 50MB and a 5MB network with same result on both networks.

The-ProfessorPosted:

wow windows 10 is doing some good things now. I like it.

TiffxnyPosted:

my laptop is shit and wont dl windows 10 cant wait to stream it laterrrrr

Joyful-Posted:

Windows 10 , is totally stepping up its game. haha.

JxssePosted:

Windows 10 is bringing a lot of good stuff.