Submitted by: Jeremy Buxton at 05/09/07
Well the highly anticipated spring 2007 dashboard update has finally been released. Microsoft has made good on their word that the update would be available on the week of May 7th. The update looks very nice with the addition of the new marketplace blade and somewhat redone layout. Check out the new featues of the update below,this is straight from the man himself,Major Nelson...........
"I am happy to announce that the May 2007 Dashboard update has now been officially released and is in process of being rolled out across the LIVE service. For many of you, the next time you sign in to Xbox LIVE, you will be prompted to receive the update. A couple of things to keep in mind over the next few hours as the update is deployed:
- You’ll be prompted to accept the update when you sign into Xbox Live sometime in the next few hours. You will only receive the prompt for the update upon sign in. You won’t get it in middle of a game.
- Regardless of what you have heard, it's not geographically based. No one area of the world will get it before another.
- If you log out and then back in again, this won’t force the update…it will only anger people on your friends list who will see you sign in, then out, then in, then out …
- Be patient, everyone will eventually receive the update
In addition to the LIVE Messenger integration feature in the new Dashboard, you’ll also see:
- New achievement pop-up with name and score value
- New Marketplace blade places content all in one place
- Friends playing now feature at Xbox LIVE Arcade
- Console can be set to turn off after downloads to save energy.
Also I would like to mention a few little features in this update I like. First of all the new achievement notification is very nice letting you know which achievement you got along with how many points its worth on the fly. Also when you are on the dashboard you can see what game is in the disk drive so you won't have to worry about forgetting what you got in your 360 anymore. All in all this is a truly great update and it makes me wonder how they can top this in the fall update to come,I guess we'll see.
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