Microsoft plans to update dashboards Xbox 360To prepare the players for the new console

Microsoft It is planning a major upgrade to dashboards Xbox 360. Sources familiar with the plans of the company, told The Verge, that the public beta of the new firmware will begin in late June-early July, with changes will be associated with the preparations for the new Xbox. Editions Portal learned that Microsoft He wants to update the user interface by adding a reduced "live tiles" - something like that we have seen in leakage Windows 8.1. The company can also change the appearance of the home screen as a whole, adding the function of setting a dark or light themes.

Dashboards in the Xbox 360 today

Task Microsoft - Ensure the smooth transition of owners Xbox 360 on the new console, so they do not become entangled in an unusual interface, and add a single infrastructure for communications, achievements and status for both consoles Xbox Live. Redmond company also wants to give up Microsoft Points, to implement regional prices in different currencies, and also to begin to sell new gift cards. According to a source of The Verge, if all goes according to plan, the update will come out of beta testing later this August.

Reducing or Enlarging the tiles in the "Start" Windows 8.1

May 21 must undergo a special event, which will be shown the new Xbox. According to rumors, Microsoft focus on demonstration of the features of interactive TV, the new product, as well as announcing a smaller version Xbox with recycled, "flattened" controllers. The company declined to comment on the data: "While we have nothing to say about the new products."

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