Xbox has announced the new features coming in its rollout of the April Xbox update, which brings with it just a couple of fairly new features/changes.
Heading up the update is a “refreshed search experience” that promises to improve searches with a new look, better-formatted results, better navigation and YouTube integration into the movie/TV search.
The only other change is the ability for users to adjust the active hours in their console’s power saving setting, meaning that you’ll be able to choose which hours your console remains active and ready to quickly boot or install games, and when it goes into full shut down.
Take a look at all the details for the April Xbox Update below:
Refreshed Xbox Search Experience
Looking for your next favourite game, movie, and more? You can search for games, entertainment, and apps using the refreshed console search page. This includes a sleek new look, gallery-style results, visible filter categories navigable with RB/LB, the option to “search on YouTube” within the Movies & TV tab, and more. To open the search experience, tap the search button on the top of the dashboard, find the magnifying glass icon within the guide, or press Y on your controller anywhere within the console UI.
Adjustable active hours power setting for your Xbox console
You can adjust your power settings at any time by going to Settings > General > Power options. If you select Shutdown (energy saving), it will help conserve power and enable carbon aware updates on your Xbox. If you select the Sleep power option, you can now adjust active hours to have the console ready to wake up when you’re likely to use it and shut down at the times you select to save energy. When your Xbox’s active hours are done for the day, the console will fully shut down and draw 0.5 watts as compared to 10-15 watts while active.
With the Xbox April Update, if you have the Sleep power option selected on your Xbox, you can configure your console active hours, which default to “always active” unless you change them. During your selected active hours your Xbox will boot quickly and be available for activities like Remote Play and mobile game installs.
