The Xbox 360 Spring Update features
Everybody was waiting for the Spring Update for Xbox 360. We shall see what comes with this new upgrade.
First thing that are necessarily to be noticed is the Windows Live Messenger client, providing a access to a text chat service also supporting users of Windows PC sand Windows Mobile devices.
Xbox Live users already send more than two million text and voice messages per day, according to the company.
"Bringing the largest IM community in the world, Windows Live Messenger, to Xbox 360 makes sense, as Xbox LIVE has really become the largest social network on television," said Jerry Johnson, product unit manager of Xbox Live at Microsoft.
Text chat will be supported through a virtual keyboard or an external USB keyboard. A new keyboard accessory for the Xbox controller will be released by Microsoft later in the year.
Other features of the Spring Update are: Achievement notification, visibility of friends' Xbox Live Arcade activity, automatic shutdown after downloads are complete, support for H.264 and MPEG-4 video, the ability to stream Windows Media protected content from a PC, and checking for adequate space before items are downloaded, giving the user the opportunity to delete unwanted items if necessary.
The company added that the Spring Update can be downloaded beginning this week.
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