best update news so far

Check out the list below for features in the April preview update that are starting to roll out tonight:

Voice messages – Xbox One preview program members will be able to compose and playback voice messages in the messages app when snapped on Xbox One. Quickly and easily record audio to send to your friends or others through your snapped messages app accessed through a simple quick double tap of the Xbox button. Additionally, voice messages can be exchanged between Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles.

Dedicated servers for party chat – We’re enhancing party chat with dedicated chat relay servers that will enable Xbox One owners that may have historically had NAT issues to party chat more reliably. Parties where players are unable to form direct peer-to-peer connections for party chat will automatically leverage dedicated server infrastructure to relay traffic. This service is only enabled for parties where one or more members are previewing the April system update.

What’s On – The Xbox engineering team is continuing to experiment with the What’s On area, which highlights popular videos, movies, TV shows and game broadcasts. We’re continuing to test different experiences for preview members in the U.S. and this month, the preview of this feature is being expanded to Canada and the UK as well.

And according to Mr. Hyrb

Larry Hryb @majornelson
Oh and the voice messaging is going to be cross platform (Xbox One <—> Xbox 360)

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This is what PS4 needs!!

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Voice messages are bacK. Woot. Although I have gotten use ton using smartglass to type messages.

Voice messages. Nice. I was bummed when XboxOne was first released and didn’t have this option. Now months later I’ve forgotten all about that feature. Still glad it’s coming back.

Sweet! Almost a year and a half after launch, they’re giving XB1 functionality that the 360 has. :smile:

The good news is, they have moved back to putting the gamers first with the XB1 rather than Mattrick’s stupid “Center of the Home” device idea. And I am excited to see how they integrate everything when Win 10 comes out.

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