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Xbox One gets Reddit, August Update

Two separate walkthrough videos to see what's new.

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Microsoft have released a new update for their Xbox One console. Focused on social features, the main improvement of this "August Update" comes in the form of a revamped Activity Feed, so you can clearly see what your friends are up to and interact. Same as with other recent updates, most of the fixes and improvements are based on player feedback. Here's a video to walk through the update and the official list of changes:

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- Mobile purchase: One of the most requested features on Xbox Feedback. Using Xbox SmartGlass or on Xbox.com, you can remotely purchase games and Add-on content. No more waiting to begin downloading when you get home - if your console is set to automatically take updates, your console will begin downloading your purchase.
- Activity feed updates: We're adding new ways for you to interact with friends in the activity feed. The interface will change to a single column scrolling list that is longer and includes more content. We'll add the ability to post text to your feed, and to "like" and comment on feed items. You can share game clips and anything else in the feed with friends either publically (to your activity feed) or privately (as an attachment to a message). You'll also be notified when anyone likes, comments on or shares your items. Each user will get a personal feed on their profile, so you can see what specific friends have been up to. And, with SmartGlass, you can see what your friends have shared to their activity feed and "like" specific posts (additional activity feed support coming in future SmartGlass updates).
- Low battery notification: You asked for it, now a notification will pop up when your controller battery is getting low.
- Disable notifications during video: Adding the ability to turn off notifications based feedback we heard from you.
- Enabling 3D Blu-ray: An update to the Blu-ray player app will enable 3D Blu-ray functionality on Xbox One.
- Last seen time in Friends list: Direct from Xbox Feedback, the friends list will now show how long it's been since a friend has been online. For example, "Last seen 20m ago: Forza Motorsport 5."

With this update just launched, Microsoft is now getting ready for a September Update, which will further enhance interface, multimedia playback (now supporting mkv and other formats), friend features and parties. Some countries will finally get the "Xbox, On" command as well.

Also social-related, but only available in North America at the moment, Xbox One just received its own Reddit app, called ReddX. Play the following video to see how it works:

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