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- Stream video games from Xbox to Discord.
- Variable refresh fee (VRR) replace for Xbox Sequence X|S consoles.
- New locations to view and redeem Rewards and way more.
We right here at Group Xbox are persevering with to make Xbox higher, refining our experiences and delivering brand-new options based mostly in your suggestions. This replace is bringing you the extremely requested capacity to stream your Xbox gameplay to your Discord mates! Moreover, we’re updating the variable refresh fee for Xbox Sequence X|S consoles, providing you with new locations to view and redeem Rewards, and offering new want record notifications to trace your video games. We’re persevering with our dedication to security on our platform by rolling out Xbox voice reporting, which lets you report inappropriate in-game voice chat. On PC, now we have some nice updates that assist you to simply navigate your library and observe the countdown to a sport launch. Which jogs my memory… only one day till the Starfield launch!
Stream your video games out of your Xbox to your Discord mates
We heard that you simply needed extra Discord options! Beginning this week, you possibly can stream gameplay straight out of your Xbox to your Discord mates. With a easy click on on “Stream your sport,” your Discord mates can now watch as you play your favourite console video games.
To get began, first hyperlink your Discord account. Then you possibly can be a part of voice channels out of your Discord servers straight out of your Xbox console. To navigate there, press the Xbox button in your controller to open the information, scroll to Events & chats, and choose Discord. Then scroll via your accessible Discord servers, bounce right into a voice channel with mates, and share your gameplay!!
This function is out simply in time for Starfield! Share as you make your customized character, uncover new planets, construct some wonderful ships, and uncover all there’s in Bethesda’s wonderful new universe. Make sure you be a part of the official Bethesda Discord channel to remain updated on the Starfield launch and extra!
Whether or not you’re planning to stream Starfield or any of your different favourite video games, it’s straightforward to get began and have enjoyable with your mates cheering you on.
Variable Refresh Fee (VRR) replace for Xbox Sequence X|S consoles
Variable Refresh Fee (VRR) permits your TV or monitor to dynamically alter its refresh fee based mostly on the body fee of the content material you’re viewing to offer you a easy, artifact-free expertise whilst you sport. Nonetheless, in case you’re utilizing your Xbox Sequence X|S for leisure experiences, it’s possible you’ll not at all times need VRR enabled.
Beginning this week, you possibly can select the way you need VRR enabled in your Xbox Sequence X or Sequence S console. To pick your possibility, go to Basic > TV & show choices > Video,after which go to the dropdown menu for VRR. You may choose if you need VRR to be “All the time On,” “Gaming Solely,” or “Off.”
New locations to view and redeem Rewards
Rewards at the moment are simpler to seek out in your Xbox with the brand new Rewards tab. You may bounce to them shortly by urgent the Xbox button to open the information, selecting Profile & system, choosing your profile, after which selecting My Rewards, the place you’ll discover your Xbox Recreation Go Quests.
Moreover, now you can discover the Redeem Rewards catalog straight from the Rewards tab in your profile. To test it out, open the information and go to Profile & system > your profile > My Rewards.
Ask to affix your buddy’s gaming session
Wish to verify if there’s room in your buddy’s gaming session earlier than becoming a member of the celebration? Now you possibly can go over to your buddy’s profile and choose the ‘Ask to affix sport’ possibility.
Your buddy will obtain a notification of your request to affix, and so they can reply again to you with a sport invite, a celebration invite, or a message.
Xbox voice reporting – help a safer group for all Xbox gamers
In July we introduced platform-wide voice reporting to offer gamers the choice to seize and report inappropriate in-game voice chats. Voice reporting equips Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One gamers with the flexibility to seize a 60-second video clip of an in-game voice incident that they imagine violates Xbox Group Requirements and submit it as proof to the Xbox Security Group for overview.
This function is purpose-built to help the big variety of in-game interactions between gamers and works throughout 1000’s of video games that supply in-game multiplayer voice chat, together with Xbox 360 backward suitable titles. Voice reporting is out there beginning this week to Xbox console gamers in choose English-language markets (U.S., UK, Canada, Eire, Australia, and New Zealand).
New want record notifications – Microsoft Retailer on Xbox
Getting updates in your want record is getting simpler. Wish to be the primary to get the sport when it’s accessible? Now you will get a notification when your want record video games go from pre-order to launch, and when your want record video games enter Recreation Go.
The brand new want record notifications will present up within the information and as a pop-up to let you already know when your want record video games can be found. In Settings > Preferences > Retailer notifications, you possibly can determine if you wish to see notifications within the information, when your want record objects are launched, when they’re accessible with Recreation Go, and extra.
Simply pair new equipment to your Xbox console
Now you can simply pair new equipment to your Xbox console with out having to maneuver out of your sofa to push your Xbox console’s Pair button. To get began, open the Xbox Equipment app, and use the brand new “Join a Gadget” possibility.
PC Gaming | Xbox app on PC expertise updates
We simply up to date the Xbox app on PC with new options, quicker efficiency, and celebrations for upcoming video games. There are additionally enhancements to sport particulars web page load instances so you will get to the set up button even quicker, along with new fonts, button kinds, and animations throughout the app. You’ll additionally see updates to your Library and Set up queue, together with filters for Put in, Owned, and In Recreation Go, to be able to shortly discover your favourite video games. Different updates to the Xbox app on PC embody a collapsible Play Later record, whereas the Set up queue now has a consolidated settings menu to make it even simpler to handle your most popular set up drive, computerized updates, and extra.
The sport launch countdown is again so you possibly can observe a sport’s launch to the minute – no extra guessing! Yow will discover the countdown on a sport’s particulars web page earlier than it releases.
Are you prepared to leap into Starfield? The Xbox app’s launch display screen has a brand new Starfield-inspired key artwork to have fun Bethesda’s first new universe in 25 years.
You may go to the official Xbox app on PC help website right here to see an inventory of all of the modifications included on this launch.
Assist form the way forward for Xbox
Keep tuned to Xbox Wire for future updates and all the most recent and best Xbox associated information. For help associated to Xbox updates, go to the official Xbox Help website.
We love listening to from the group, whether or not you will have a suggestion for a brand new function that you simply’d prefer to see added, otherwise you wish to give suggestions on current options that would use some enchancment. From sport seize and share enhancements, to serving to video games load quicker, new methods to attach together with your gaming group, and a lot extra, we’re at all times listening and on the lookout for methods to enhance Xbox experiences for gamers all over the world. Should you’d like to assist create the way forward for Xbox and get early entry to new options, obtain the Xbox Insider Hub in your Xbox Sequence X|S, Xbox One, or Home windows PC immediately. Tell us what you assume!