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Microsoft reveals Xbox 360 spring update, now available in Alpha Ring

Microsoft today announced the next update of the Xbox One , the Spring Update provided to the public in April. The update, released last night to members of the Alpha Ring in the program Preview, introduces some interesting news including 1440p support and the ability to check other our games through Mixer.

Here are the list of all the news coming in April, some of them already Alpha while the other members will arrive testable in the coming weeks:

  • Support 1440p -owners of PC monitors can use this resolution very popular in PC world, which is halfway between Full HD and Ultra HD. The console still supports only the 16:9 aspect-ratio, so are not supported monitors with different aspect ratios.
  • Sharing controller on Mixer -while you send your console Mixer, you can afford on a spectator to take control of the game through a pad Xbox connected to his PC so can help in more complex games or you can simply share your gaming sessions. Obviously the quality of the experience will depend on your speed of upload bandwidth: more will be low and the more likely that the player on the other side experience a strong lag in controls.
  • Improved Edge -the browser of the console will be improved with a new more modern look and a more intuitive interface and easy to use.
  • Immersive Audio -whether in games make use of background audio coming from other apps, now in the Panel you can easily balance the game audio and the external source. They also changed all sound effects of the Home and the Panel now support 3D sound so as to make the best use of all channels of the installations and headphone surround.
  • Filters the calls for owners of Club -if you run a Club Xbox Live who receives numerous requests of invitation, you can now filter them according to different criteria such as Gamerscore, reputation or even playing time in a particular securities.
  • Club News Feeds -you can now organize feeds of the clubs to show most popular posts.
  • Open tournaments -you can now participate in tournaments directly from Game Hub of the games, so you no longer need to join a club to take part in a tournament.
  • The Games section With Gold -this is an experimental section that initially will be available only to certain users. How did recently with Game Pass section in "my games and apps" will be adding a section for Games With Gold that will show you all the games so far for your account that you redeemed GWG, with the ability to install them and don't have them installed I.