Microsoft announced today that it has activated the members Preview in à Alpah Ring compatibility with webcams and USB cameras, which will be used both in the Mixer ì cos in video calls on Skype.

If you are part of the Alpha Ring you have to connect a USB camera to the console (if you have the Kinect will have to disconnect it, because the console admits only one camera connected), then this will automatically activate both the direct Mixer that for Skype. We tested the feature with a webcam Microsoft quite dated, and it worked flawlessly and without any further configuration.