Update: The official patch notes have been revealed and aside from performance improvements, download speeds have been improved. You can read the patch notes below.
A new update went out to Xbox One owners today, normal owners, not those in the Preview program for those wondering. Well, the good news is that it improves the speed of the menu when it comes to the tabs. Switching tabs is faster than ever and loading them happens almost immediately now. Beforehand this process used to be slow and painful so I’m glad it’s much quicker now.
This might just be me but it seems like the Xbox One starts up faster too. Unfortunately I didn’t time it so I have no idea but I’m sure others will notice the improvement too. Have you downloaded the update? What do you think? Let us know.
Patch Notes:
Performance and general improvements
Download performance
We’ve made several optimizations to game and app downloads on Xbox One:
Customers with high-speed connections (greater than 100Mbps) should experience up to 80% faster download speeds.
Customers with connections less than 100Mbps should experience more consistent performance that is up to 40% faster than before.
Additional optimizations have also made background downloads more resilient to intermittent connectivity issues.
Download speeds will be influenced by network contention within the home and at the ISP level. Download speeds will also be impacted when games are running on the console as system resources are prioritized for gameplay over background downloads. For more information, visit Troubleshoot slow game or app downloads on Xbox One.
Wireless controller
Firmware update to improve performance.
Background Music
General performance improvements for added reliability and consistent experiences across steaming music apps.
Miscellaneous
General stability and performance improvements.
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