Xbox April Update Includes a Refreshed Search Experience and Adjustable Power Setting
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023 @ 01:49 PM
I can't understand those people who let the electronics ON when they are not using them. Unplug the cord from the wall aswell, it saves energy and your hardware will last longer too. The Xbox Series X launch speed is super fast.Wednesday, April 12, 2023 @ 02:25 PM
Not nearly as fast as jumping in games within 5 seconds and picking up where I left off. And the fact I can have multiple games suspended at time? Let’s just say that is one of very few advantages my X has over PS5:-)
I like the idea of scheduled sleep and automatic shut off though. That one might save me a few bucks in a long run.Wednesday, April 12, 2023 @ 03:25 PM
Full power, leave the console on even when I'm not using it.Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 05:46 AM
@Dirty130
... why?
The Active Hours system seems like an excellent middle-ground to balance the convenience of quick-start and the power saving elements.
@VINyLek - You may already know but all of your suspended games persist even when fully powered off and unplugged. It's a clever system.Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 11:01 AM
That is actually more hit and miss when powered off at least in my experience Dervius… Probably up to each dev how well they implement it.Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 12:42 PM
@Dirty130 Yeah full power and all that you want. But you are wasting energy and reducing quite much the lifespan of your console in the long term. When an electronic device is energized at all times it wears out sooner. The same goes for batteries, voltage regulators, bulbs and such.
And as Dervius said, the Xbox Series X system is clever enough to keep most games in suspended mode even when powered off enterily, and launching speed only takes 1 or 2 minutes at most, so keeping the console on all the time is really pointless.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
April's Xbox update is set to roll out for consoles soon, offering a refreshed Xbox search experience and an adjustable active hours power setting.
The refreshed Xbox search experience features a “sleek new look” with gallery-style results, visible filter categories that you can tab through using RB and LB, an option to search on YouTube within the Movies & TV section, and more.
As for the adjustable active hours power setting, this arrives as part of Microsoft's energy saving endeavours, accessed via Settings > General > Power options. Selecting Shutdown (energy saving) will help conserve power while enabling carbon aware updates on yuor Xbox console.
Choosing the Sleep power option, however, will allow you to adjust active hours so the console is ready to wake up when you're ready to use it, then shut down during the times you're not using it to save on energy. Once your Xbox console's active hours are finished, the console will shut down entirely, drawing 0.5 watts of power rather than 10-15 watts.
"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," the Xbox Wire post explains. “During your selected active hours your Xbox will boot quickly and be available for activities like Remote Play and mobile game installs.”
The Xbox April update is due to roll out soon.