Microsoft wins fans over yet again with a small but useful update to its Xbox.com website. The company added two new features, allowing users to listen to voice messages on Xbox.com and see demos in search results.
The first feature lets users access their voice messages even without their consoles or the Xbox app, which means that they can listen to voice messages virtually anywhere.
The second added feature now allows users to search game demo titles. For instance, when a user searches for "FIFA 15 Downloadable Demo," the game will be the first result.
Xbox users requested these two features, and Microsoft listened and delivered results.
Besides the improvement of users' experience, this update shows that Microsoft listens to the community and respects its opinion. Everyone can express his or her ideas or vote up existing and interesting suggestions on the Xbox Feedback site.
This system update is not surprising because Microsoft already did something similar just recently. The company launched a preview program for the Xbox One where it let certain fans use features that are not available to the public yet and give feedback based on their experience.
The update doesn't stop at the Xbox website though, as Microsoft also released one for Xbox 360 consoles, doubling users' cloud storage space from 1GB to 2GB, which can be used for uploaded saves or other content.
The Xbox One had another dashboard update as well that introduced backward compatibility, supporting over hundreds of Xbox 360 games. This update for the Xbox One works well with the increase in storage space because players with saved data on the Xbox 360 can now resume their progress on games supported by the new-generation console by accessing their data from the cloud storage.
The firmware update for the Xbox 360 also made redeeming Xbox Live Marketplace codes easier. Digital codes can now be redeemed automatically, which means that users no longer have to enter the code manually.
Another feature that came with the update also allows Xbox 360 players to share their experience via screenshots or gameplay footage with other players using Xbox One and Windows 10.
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