Xbox One’s June Update Detailed

<p>In a post today on Xbox Wire&comma; the Xbox One team outlined changes that are coming to the console starting in June&period; Some of the inclusions in this update have long been requested by the Xbox One community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05102837&sol;RealNames2&lowbar;bagogames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-61987 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05102837&sol;RealNames2&lowbar;bagogames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"RealNames2&lowbar;bagogames" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Real names<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;With the ability to have 1000 people on your friends list&comma; it is tough to remember who is who&period; Soon&comma; you’ll be able to share your real name with all of your friends&comma; a small portion of your list&comma; friends of other friends&comma; or none at all&period;  They have also ensured your name will not show up in games&comma; and at any time you can revert your settings in case you change your mind about<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>External storage support<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Already own too many Xbox One games and therefore you can&&num;8217&semi;t fit them all on the 500GB drive&quest; Well&comma; Microsoft has heard numerous complaints on this issue and now they&&num;8217&semi;re finally going to allow external storage devices&period; In fact&comma; they will now allow two external hard drives to be used at the same time&period; You will need a 256 GB or larger USB 3&period;0 external hard drive&period; When plugged in&comma; the Xbox One will format the drive&comma; which will allow you to copy&comma; moves games&comma; install apps&comma; and download DLC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05102831&sol;external&lowbar;bagogames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-61988 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;05102831&sol;external&lowbar;bagogames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"external&lowbar;bagogames" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>SmartGlass<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;OneGuide and Universal Remote Control are now part of the set of SmartGlass features&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to view TV programs on your SmartGlass device&comma; as well as program and watch your channels and apps on your phone&comma; tablet or PC&period; The Universal Remote Control will add such features as switching channels&comma; set new recordings&comma; as well play through programs you have saved on your DVR&period; Lastly&comma; they will be rolling out the ability to organize your pins into categories or favorites&period; The changes you make on your device will be reflected on the console as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Social<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;In an effort to be on equal footing as Sony and the PS4&comma; there have been some improvements to how your activity on Xbox Live is shared with friends&period; Hero stats and an activity feed are the two prominent changes&period; This will allow friends to compare achievements via SmartGlass&comma; when on a friend&&num;8217&semi;s profile&comma; or viewing a game from the activity feed&period; Notifications when friends come online can now be sent to your phone&comma; PC&comma; or tablet&period; You will also be able to watch friend&&num;8217&semi;s broadcasts from your devices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Xbox Live Gold<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;The Xbox One team will soon be launching an Xbox Live Gold hub where members can check out the Games with Gold and Deals with Gold programs&period; The pay wall for certain Xbox gaming and entertainment apps will come down which will allow non-Xbox Live Gold members to view apps like Netflix&comma; HBO GO&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lastly&comma; it will now be possible for you to choose an account for automatic sign-in on your Xbox One&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t we have this before on the Xbox 360&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;news&period;xbox&period;com&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;xbox-one-june-features-preview" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Xbox Wire<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;