Xbox One News: Social Updates and Twitch Streaming

According to information released this week Xbox One's upcoming major update will focus on the console's social features.

The feedback we've gotten is pretty valid; some of the social stuff is hidden or harder to use than it was on the Xbox 360. So you're gonna see us come out with an update where, well, we're going to fix those things. As a person who's been pretty involved in building Xbox Live for the last decade, I take it pretty seriously when people say it's harder to get into a party, and the defaults aren't right, and I don't like the model.

- Marc Whitten, Product Officer

It was originally suggested that game streaming functionality could roll out to the console before the upcoming E3. However it was revealed via tweet from Twitch's official account earlier today that Xbox One's Twitch-based streaming capabilities won't launch for a while yet.

Xbox One Direct Broadcasting: There is no ETA at this time from Microsoft. Expect a few more months. If we know sooner, we'll update.

— Twitch Support (@TwitchTVSupport) January 8, 2014

Microsoft plans to roll out Xbox One updates faster in future and the console will still receive the larger dashboard updates. Other upcoming improvements will focus on the console's TV features and scaling them internationally.