Xbox One New Features to bring Cortana, Game Collection, Unified Store and More

Starting this Summer, Xbox One and the Xbox App on all the platforms will receive the first of the two major updates that will make strong networking with friends, Cortana, Unified Windows Store, top PC games and more.  Here are some of the features that are expected to start to rollout to Xbox One Preview this week, and the Xbox app (beta) in the coming weeks:

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Cortana on Xbox One: 

• Cortana is coming to Preview in the U.S., U.K., France, Italy, Germany and Spain first, and gamers can expect the familiar Cortana experience found on other Windows 10 devices.
• Cortana voice commands on Xbox One will work with both headsets and Kinect.
• You’ll be able to use Cortana to find great new games, see what your friends are up to, start a party, accomplish common tasks, turn on your Xbox One if you’re using Kinect, and more.

New Game Collection: 

• Update to game collection interface makes it much faster and easier to find and launch the games.
• More info on your Game Collection, quickly access your own ‘Ready to Install’ tab, and get more information about titles in your queue.

Facebook Friend Finder on Xbox One: 

Facebook Friend Finder is expanding from the Xbox app to Xbox One and is a great way to find and add your Facebook friends on Xbox. As more gamers link their Facebook and Xbox Live accounts, you’ll start seeing more suggestions for Facebook friends to add and game with on Xbox Live.

Improved sharing on Xbox One:

• Screenshots, GameDVR clips, and achievements on Xbox One will be music easier to share.

Xbox app and Windows 10 gaming

• Edit and share GameDVR clips on any video editor.
• Updated GameDVR management.
• 60 fps game clip recording with the Game bar.
• Share to Twitter from Xbox app.
• Windows Game bar improved full-screen support:

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Top PC games show up on Xbox Live: 

• Top PC games like League of Legends and XCOM 2 are joining the Xbox Live community.
• PC games will have their own Game Hubs on Xbox Live.
• One community for PC and Xbox Gaming.

Xbox and Windows Store convergence: 

• Filter, browse and search results by genre, read reviews written by fellow gamers
• New channels to help you discover the content you love even faster.
• Support so gamers can browse and purchase bundles, episodic games, season passes, virtual currency and other game add-ons and DLC in the Store.

More personal Activity Feed: 

• Choose what’s posted to your Activity Feed across Xbox One and the Xbox app.
• You can now decide what will get automatically shared to your feed.
• You can now also craft the perfect Activity Feed posts. At the top of your Activity Feed, easily access and choose from recently unlocked achievements and captures, preview what your post would look like, and then share your greatest gaming moments.

All these updates will come in via the New Xbox One Experience Opt-In program like always. This will be tested through couple of cycles before final roll out.