As we anticipated last week, Microsoft is preparing to release the new Xbox One important update, called Anniversary Update, program members Preview and it looks like it will come sooner than expected: we thought would be released simultaneously with the Microsoft Conference, and instead will come this week.

The update will introduce only a first part of the planned features, but it is still very interesting features, some of them very awaited by holders of consoles. Ve listed below:

• Cortana -finally Narrator already present on Windows 10 arrives on Xbox One, and from the beginning even in Italy! Cortana will be usable both with Kinect that with normal voice and microphone will allow us to use the normal everyday language to ask her to find games, search for friends, start play groups or even search for news. Just say "Hey Cortana" so it begins to listen to us.
• New interface my games & Apps -Games collection interface has been improved, with a clear separation into separate pages for games installed and those to be installed, and with a number of improvements to facilitate the discovery of any game we are interested. Games and apps are also organized into a scroll view vertically instead of horizontally.
• Search Facebook friends -already on Windows App now we can search directly from the console new friends based on our Facebook contacts, with suggested tips directly in the interface.
• Improvements to content sharing -it is now easier and faster to share screenshots, game clips and goals.
• Visibility Best PC games -in the social area of the console you will now be able to see what our friends are playing PC game, view the game clips and screenshots.
• Xbox Store -Xbox One Store has been enhanced to enable us to find faster the games we are interested, with the possibility of applying different types of filters and read the reviews of other players. You can also identify faster games on sale. The Store is also now a separate app from the dashboard (not including the tab of "cover"), which will allow more frequent updates and improvements without having to update the entire console.
• Activity Feed more personal -a new option allows us to decide what should be shared automatically on our feeds and share content more easily.
• Various improvements -the initerfaccia received in general improvements, such as the ability to see right from your Home screen advancing progress of installations, and the designation, for installation and download of updates, the actual size of downloaded data and to download.

The update will come in waves over the week users who received the invitation message and given their membership in the APA the programme Preview; in the coming weeks will then further updates with other features like the much-awaited background music.

We leave you with a video in which Major Nelson and Director of development Mike Ybarra illustrate the various news, followed by a set of images of the new interface: enjoy!

Update : Microsoft has announced that the first wave of updates will start tonight, at 3:00, for users who have subscribed to update.