Xbox One March Update Adds Screenshots And Suggested Friends
Microsoft began releasing the preview to the March update for the Xbox One on Wednesday. The previously teased ability to take screenshots headlines the new features, but the console is also receiving plenty of other updates to friends, Upload Studio, and more.
The ability to take screenshots with the Xbox One is very similar to the recording video clips on the console. Users can either double-tap the Xbox guide button and then press the “Y” button or use a voice command if you have a Kinect. In this case, the command is “Xbox, Take a Screenshot.”
According to Engineer Richard Irving in the video above, a screenshot is snapped as soon as you double-tap the Xbox button on the controller. It’s then a matter of whether you want to save that screenshot or not.
Xbox One Preview Program Members: The next update is heading your way today w/ Screenshots, suggested friends & more http://t.co/ADafHges8e
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) February 19, 2015
The console will take a screenshot of wherever you are in the game, and allow you to share it to your Activity Feed, on Twitter, or OneDrive. You can even set your screenshots as the background for your console. Other new features include the Suggested Friends area on the home screen and your friends list. This feature was recently added to the Windows 10 Xbox app preview. If you’ve been receiving annoying spam messages on Xbox One, you’ll be able to do something about that with a new Report Spam feature. You’ll also find new ways to share your name, change the transparency levels of your tiles, and a new privacy setting for using voice commands to search using Bing.
How does it work? When you double tap the Xbox button on the controller, it takes the actual screenshot. Pressing Y then saves it.
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) February 19, 2015
The Xbox One March update preview is rolling out new for preview program members. Expect the public release to happen not long after the calendar flips to March.
“Screenshots – While playing a game, 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. If your Xbox One is equipped with a Kinect, you can also say “Xbox Take a Screenshot” to take and save a screenshot.
Upload App – The Upload app is being updated so that you can manage your screenshots in addition to your game clips. You can use a screenshot as your background, by viewing the screenshot in full-screen mode from the Upload app, then, press the Menu button and select Set as background.
Suggested friends – With the suggested friends feature, the Friends area in home and your friends list will help you find and add friends. Suggested friends will include people you might know, so you add more friends to game with, and top community broadcasters and clip creators, so you can get more great content in your activity feed.
Sharing your name – We’re rolling out two new ways to share your real name; with all of your friends or to everyone in the Xbox Live community. You can also continue to share your real name with select friends, or with no one, if that’s what you prefer. 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.
Tile transparency – We continue to listen to your feedback and are adding a setting to enable you to vary the level of transparency for your background images. Go to Settings ->My Xbox -> Tile transparency.
Privacy & online safety settings – We added a new setting for sharing voice search data to create an option for users to allow collection and analysis of voice data when they use Xbox – Bing to search.
Report spam – The Messages app has an added option to allow you to notify Xbox when you receive spam. You can now select a specific message, press the A button and then select Report -> Spam to report a specific message as spam.
OneGuide for Australia – Support for OneGuide will continue in preview in Australia for free-to-air TV listings.
Xbox One Digital TV Tuner in Australia – Xbox One owners in Australia with an Xbox Digital TV Tuner can now use it with the preview builds of this month’s release.”
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