Hold onto your hats Xbox One owners, Microsoft has released yet another Xbox One system software update. If you’ve been holding your breath for the ability to take screenshots, you can finally stop, because it is indeed included.
If you are part of the preview program, none of this should be news to you… but for the rest of us, the March update includes a pretty cool set of new features and enhancements. Besides the aforementioned screenshot feature, Microsoft has tossed in a new Upload app to manage screen and video captures, Party Chat has been enhanced, there are tweaks to the real name and suggested friends features, and there are more ways to customize the interface.
Check out a walkthrough video which shows off some of the notable features of this Xbox One update.
Xbox One March Update Out Now:
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Read on for the full list of features and changes from Major Nelson.
Screenshots ? You can now take screenshots on your Xbox One console by simply double-tapping the Xbox button on your controller to capture a screenshot and pressing Y to save the screenshot. You can also say ?Xbox, take a screenshot? to take and save a screenshot.
Upload app ? You can manage your screenshots in addition to your game clips in the Upload app. To set a screenshot as your background, go to Upload, open the screenshot full screen, press the Menu button, and select Set as background. You can also use Upload to share screenshots to your activity feed, attach them to messages, add screenshots to your showcase, share to Twitter, and post to OneDrive.
Suggested friends ? To find new friends, go to Friends and look for people under the Suggested friends heading or select the Suggested friends Or, if you don?t have a ton of friends yet, just check the Friends area of Home.
Sharing your name ? Gamertags are still the primary method of identifying yourself on Xbox Live, but sharing your real name helps people recognize you who might not know you by your gamertag. The new name sharing options can be found under Friends > My profile > Name sharing settings.
Party chat enhancements ? We added two new icons to party chat to show each participant their own microphone status. The Kinect icon means the Kinect is being used as the mic and the headset icon means the headset mic is being used.
Tile transparency ? We?re adding a setting to vary the level of transparency for your background images. To do this, go to Settings > My Xbox > Tile transparency.
Voice search privacy ? We added a new setting to share voice search data to allow anonymous collection and analysis of voice data when using Bing on Xbox to search. Go to Settings > Privacy and online safety > Custom> Share voice search data to change the setting.
Report spam ? The Messages app has an added option to notify Xbox when you receive spam. To report a message as spam, select it, press A on the controller, select Report, and then choose Spam.
Live TV & OneGuide in Australia ? Support for OneGuide is now available to all users in Australia for free-to-air TV listings. Additionally, the OneGuide app will be pre-pinned for users in Australia a few days after the March system update goes live.
Xbox One Digital TV Tuner in Australia ? Xbox One owners in Australia can pre-purchase the Xbox Digital TV Tuner at the online Microsoft Store, Availability of the tuner is planned for March 25, 2015.