Xbox.com has released information on the May Dashboard Update which includes integration with Windows Live Messenger and many video playback features.
Xbox.com has posted information on the May Dashboard update. The largest feature is integration with Windows Live Messenger. "Members ... can now use Windows Live Messenger to text chat with up to six people on their contact list at one time, while playing games, listening to music, or watching movies." Along with this announcement, Microsoft will be releasing a QWERTY keyboard attachment for the controller.
Some of the other new features include:
Some of the other new features include:
- A richer Achievement notification pop-up will showcase the name of the unlocked Achievement and the gamerscore value without needing to leave the game to check the Achievements list.
- Updates to Xbox Live Arcade allow owners to quickly see which Xbox Live Arcade games their friends are playing and join in the fun. Xbox Live members can also compare progress of leaderboard scores and Achievements directly with all friends on their friends list. Expanded "Tell a Friend" capabilities make it easier than ever to boast about Achievements and high scores.
- Extension of the background download functionality will allow owners to set their Xbox 360 console to turn off automatically after downloads are complete.
- The name of game in tray is now displayed in the dashboard.
- Player and friends lists now quickly show session presence information for quick identification of users that are joinable. (I think this might be like xblist's highlighting of joinable games)
- Support for streaming WM-DRM protected content from a PC
- H.264 video support: Up to 15 Mbps, Baseline, Main, and High (up to level 4.1) Profiles with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles.
- Added MPEG-4 Part 2 video support: Up to 8 Mbps, Simple Profile with 2 channel AAC LC and Main Profiles.
