- [Jez] Hi guys, it's Jez here, from Windows Central,
and welcome back to another video.
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This is a quick look at the Windows 10 Creators Update,
for the Xbox One, which is heading out now to the public.
You can force the update yourself by going to the settings
menu and then going to system and then going to update.
But if you're not ready to force the update yet,
it is rolling out to tens of thousands of people every day
as an automatic update.
Quite a lot of stuff has changed, primarily with navigation,
but also setting the ground work for future features,
as well, which we'll talk about in a minute.
But yeah, let's get right into it
and take a look at this latest update.
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Now, the version I'm running here is on the Alpha Ring,
so expect some, this, this version might have a couple more
features that aren't available to the public yet,
and also there might be a bit of bugs here and there,
but don't worry about those.
The vast majority of the stuff in this build
will be available to the public,
and we're just gonna have a quick look at those right now.
The first thing you'll notice that
we no longer get this active tile effect.
I don't know if that's to save system resources,
or something like that,
but Microsoft has removed it completely.
The current active game, or the most recent active app
or so, will appear at the top like this,
and it gives you quick access to Game Hub,
clubs and looking for group that are relevant to the game,
and also content you may have recorded
with game DVR for instant sharing.
Now we still get the recent list as before.
That hasn't changed a great deal.
Also we get Beam in this build, which I'll talk about a bit
later, and also Pins are still here at the bottom as usual.
Now obviously one of the other biggest features
of this update is the new guide menu.
You access this by tapping the Xbox button once
on your controller and that is changed from the double tap
from previous builds due to fan feedback.
The new guide gives you instant access to the dashboard,
games, and apps, and the store,
and also the recently used games and apps
that you've been playing on your console.
It also gives you an instant look at games with Gold,
and also your Pins which you can customize as before.
It's a much, much more efficient way to navigate
the dashboard, and I think most people will enjoy it.
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Also when you've got a game ring, the new guide gives you
instantaneous access to screenshot and record that using
the Y and X buttons on your controller,
but also this new game DVR menu by pressing the view key.
That gives you instantaneous access to recording different
lengths of time and also a quick link to your captures.
Now one of the other coolest things about the new guide
is this new achievements menu.
It'll let you get a quick look
at the game score leader board at a glance.
In addition to that though it lets you track
your achievements actively on screen using
a new achievement tracker overlay.
We believe that this feature will eventually be expanded
to include other apps, leveraging the new Windows 10
Creators Update compact overlay mode
which arrived from Windows 10 recently.
But until then it's restricted only to Beam chat,
and also the achievements interface.
You can choose where it appears on the screen like so.
You can choose how many achievements it tracks,
and even transparency which gives you
quite a lot of control over how it looks.
But once you've set it up, this is what it looks
like on screen, which is a very, very handy feature indeed,
if you are so inclined to track your achievements.
Now beyond the new guide and the new achievements menu,
we've also seen some improvements
to the party system as you can see here.
It suggests to you looking for group ads that you might be
interested in based on recent games and what clubs
you're involved in, but it also lets you create
looking for group ads instantaneously
based on previous ones you've made.
So if you, if you're likely to create the same ad again,
it lets you do that in a quickly
and efficient way using this history button.
Also it lets you jump straight into the looking for group
menu with a quick link right here,
and also lets you enter your own search criteria
based on your history and what games you're interested in.
So if we have a quick look for looking for group ads
for Mass Effect Andromeda, yeah,
you can see there are quite a few ads already.
People looking for grow, to grow in the game,
and stuff like that, which is pretty nice.
Now beyond that, not a great deal has changed.
The messaging system is still largely the same,
as is the notifications menu.
But the previous multi tasking menu has been removed
because as we know snapping has been removed.
Microsoft has done this to free up system resources,
but also because apparently not many people
were actually using it, and also it was a pretty clunky
solution to take up half of your screen
with a big blank bar for a lot of things.
We do, as I mentioned earlier, we do believe that Microsoft
are gonna bring picture and picture functionality
back in the future, although it's not in the immediate
road map according to Xbox platform chief Mike Ybarra.
Instead of the multi tasking menu we now have
instant access to Beam broadcasting, as you can see here.
Now if you do want to broadcast a game on Beam,
it uses the Microsoft credentials attached
to your Xbox Live account, but you can head to
beam.pro/ your gamer tag, to set that up more definitively.
As you can see here, it gives you access
to the broadcast overlay.
Similarly to the achievement system, you can position
the chat anywhere you like, which is a nice touch.
Also you can choose whether to include your microphone,
your camera, chat, and also party audio,
which also people in your party
have to agree to do that as well.
You can set the broadcast title and all of that cool stuff,
and there are some advanced settings to look at,
if we just have a quick look here.
So yeah, you can change the game and system volume
and the mic volume as well,
and also alter your video quality.
Now if we jump back to the main dashboard,
as you can see, not a great deal of stuff has changed.
If you go to the community tab in this current build
that I'm running, you can filter the feed,
which is a nice feature indeed.
Removing the popular now stuff, which is pretty annoying.
So I'm gonna do that right now,
and as you can see, again, much more clean feed as a result.
And One Guide is still the same as is the store.
Not much has changed there either.
All the games and apps and TV.
Oh, and actually we've got now a music menu
and an accessories list,
which I believe are pretty new actually.
So that's a nice touch.
Now one of the other cool features in this update
is this new co pilot setting, which lets you divide
the buttons on your controller to a separate controller
connected to your Xbox.
This is very useful for some people
with disabilities and other accessibility problems.
But additionally, this could be a fun party trick
where you and a friend attempt to control
a single player game using two controllers.
I can see that being very cool
in streams and stuff like that.
We'll have to see how the community comes up with ways
to use co pilot, which is a very nice feature indeed.
Also in this update we've been given some new features
for filtering the games and apps menu.
You can now filter by Xbox One and Xbox 360 games.
All the same stuff as usual, changing the tile sizes,
and all storage as well.
You can flip between your internal storage,
and your external storage as such.
But also we now have a Beam app for Xbox One,
so let's take a quick look at that.
Now the Beam app for Xbox One
is definitively a work in progress.
It's a bit laggy right now on Xbox One I find personally,
and also the navigation isn't as good as it could be,
but the updates are coming in thick and fast,
so it shouldn't be long until this
becomes a true Twitch competitor on the console.
Now here's an example of what a Beam stream looks like.
As you can see here, we've got the main feed over here.
You can change the quality.
You can change to full screen,
and you can also adjust the volume.
You can even open interaction menu,
which lets you play sound effects in the person's stream.
That's one of the cool features about Beam,
is the fact that you do get these interactivity
opportunities and also the latency between the stream
and the viewer is very, very low compared to other services.
As you can see, it's a little bit laggy,
but it does work very well.
Optimizations are always on going and course,
and Beam has been updated very rapidly
since Microsoft picked it up over the summer.
You can use the on screen keyboard.
You can also use the chat pad to jump in the chat,
and these are quite intuitive to navigate
with the controller I must say.
So, yeah that was pretty much all the major features
in the new Xbox One Creators Update,
which is rolling out now in waves to public Xbox One users.
There are more features to come on this wave actually,
including custom gamer pics and that sort of stuff.
Stay tuned to Windows Central for all the latest
and greatest information on the Xbox One Insider Program,
and I've been Jez Corden, and yeah,
thanks for watching guys.
I will see you next time.