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April Xbox One Update Arriving Today Adds New Streaming And Display Features
The latest Xbox One update, which has been available to beta testers for a while now, is available today for all Xbox One owners.
Microsoft's latest update makes a number of big technical options for the display. Players can now toggle an automatic low latency mode to have the console tell TVs with game modes to turn it on when using Xbox family devices. The new update also supports AMD Freesync with compatible displays, a technology that helps to eliminate vertical tearing and reducing input latency.
Speaking of displays, the Xbox One X and Xbox One S now support 2560 x 1440 (1440p) resolution for games and media. Developers can support 1440p games natively now if they so choose.
From the broadcasting menu when streaming to Mixer, players can give control options to viewers of the stream. Viewers can use a virtual Xbox One controller to mess with, or theoretically aid, streamers playing games. Additionally, Twitter support for sharing screenshots and clips has finally been added to the Xbox One.
You can find a full breakdown of the update here.
Our Take
Finally, Twitter support. Using the Microsoft cloud drive for sharing game clips has always been such a pain.
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