Microsoft Begins Roll-Out Of Xbox One April System Update Preview With Party Chat Improvements And More

Microsoft today announced that they are rolling out updates to our Xbox One Preview program members in two waves. The first wave is rolling out now and the second one is coming next week. Check out the list below for features in this first April system update preview that is starting to roll out this afternoon:

• Party chat improvements – Party chat is being improved with troubleshooting guidance for Xbox One owners. The Party App will help you get your microphone enabled and show you when privacy settings or networking issues are blocking communication with particular party members.

•  Game hub links – Members can more easily discover game hub content from activity feed items. You’ll see activity feed items when any of your friends follow a game, and you’ll also be able to get back to a game’s hub from activity feed posts related to the game – including feed items about the game’s achievements, game clips and screenshots. Finally, we’ve added a link to game hubs from the game’s page in the achievements app.

•  Achievement notifications – With this preview release, you’ll also see the achievement’s description in the notification so you know what you did to earn this achievement without having to open the achievements app. If you do choose to open up the notification to see the achievement details, we’ve also made some performance improvements to make loading the achievements app from a notification faster.

Microsoft has promised that second wave will include even more great features for Xbox One.