New Xbox One Update

The upcoming New Xbox One Experience update, which will be made available to everyone in November, will make some system functionality up to 50 percent faster. That's according to Xbox engineering boss Mike Ybarra, who talked more about the upcoming update during an appearance on the latest episode of "Major Nelson Radio."

 Mike Ybarra said Microsoft tracks load time data for Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the New Xbox One Experience (available now to some testers), and in some cases, executing tasks is quite a bit faster. "Popular gaming features" will load up to 50 percent faster, but he didn't say which exactly these will be. But overall, Ybarra said fans can look forward to a "new level of speed and responsiveness." 

Also included with the update is backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 titles, a new Guide, a redesigned Home, and a new Community section. Ybarra also added that the update will introduce new "accessibility" features, which will be announced later, to ensure that the Xbox One can appeal to the widest possible market. Also during the podcast, Ybarra talked about Windows 10's forthcoming integration with Xbox One. He said bringing the OS (windows 10) to Xbox One is not as simple as you might think, noting that it involved the team creating a highly customized version of Windows 10 built specifically for Xbox One. This is called OneCore. "Windows 10 for desktop PCs has incredible momentum right now," Ybarra said. "We're going to bring all of that efficiency to Xbox One."