At midnight last night, Xbox took the stage to make a series of announcements. Naturally there were game announcements, but it’s the announcements outside of upcoming titles that are the most interesting. Unfortunately you’re going to have to wait till 2016 for the best of them.
Windows 10
After launching on the PC at the end of last month, Windows 10 is now heading to the Xbox (before phones). This will reach Windows Insiders first next month, then be rolled out to all Xbox users (you’re unlikely to have a choice) in October. It will deliver Cortana voice integration, to replace the current voice commands, but will require Kinect.
DVR capability
Record while you play. Watch when you want. DVR for Over-The-Air TV comes to #XboxOne in 2016 #xboxgamescom pic.twitter.com/xZ6puApsSI
— Xbox (@Xbox) August 4, 2015
Controller keyboard is back
Chat, search, & message w/ the new #Xbox Chatpad for #XboxOne & #Windows10. Pre-order today #xboxgamescom pic.twitter.com/aLx5VpmG1Q
— Xbox (@Xbox) August 4, 2015
Backwards compatibility
All Games With Gold titles will be made available with #XboxOne backwards compatibility #xboxgamescom pic.twitter.com/8KOb8ZfQuE
— Xbox (@Xbox) August 4, 2015
Coming November 2015. Over 100 games. All #XboxOne owners. For free. #xboxgamescom pic.twitter.com/fiVkvgUVYv
— Xbox (@Xbox) August 4, 2015
Still not satisfied? Well if you missed the live stream because you were watching the back of your eyelids, you can watch the full replay below.
