New XBOX Insiders Update To Prioritize Download Speeds For Games

Over a week ago, Microsoft hinted that a new update would roll out for XBOX Insiders. The release was said to be delayed with plans to blow fans away in an exciting way. On July 15th, the update in question featured a suite of new additions: XBOX 360 achievement art overhaul, poster-style art for your game library, and Ganertags can now be 15 characters long were all part of an update then.

Move forward to this week, the XBOX firm continues to surprise its users in new ways. It was revealed that original XBOX backwards compatibility is coming to PC. The feature will also be the gateway to the long-requested achievement support as well for select legacy titles in the “coming months.” It was announced today that XBOX Cloud Gaming is to initiate XBOX Insider testing for its ad-supported tier. The playtesting will offer 1 hour of ‘free’ gaming.

Simultaneously, XBOX Support revealed that there will be a new update that boosts download speeds for game installs on console. This implementation will apply to both games as well as updates too.

“Users will experience a new feature to optimize game install and update speeds by introducing a smart download client. Shortly after your game download begins, the client will check which content servers are available for the install or update. It will then test the connection speed to each server pool and select the fastest available connection for that install.

“The speed test will rerun periodically during the install or update to ensure that the client continues using the fastest available connection.” The update will surely come in handy with the approaching Project Positron entitlement program. The new feature is now testing internally at Microsoft and will enable disc-to-digital for access to the license on the physical copy. You can read the full report by heading here.

Are you interested to see how this new update will turn out on XBOX?

Source: XBOX Support