Xbox One April system update previewed

With April right around the corner, Microsoft has gone ahead and released the list of improvements coming in next month's Xbox One system update.

Changing things up, Microsoft is also rolling out the update to Xbox One Preview program members in two waves; the first set went out today, with more to come next week.

As for the contents of the April Xbox One system update, it seems to be pretty minor compared to what we've seen in the past. Next month, Xbox One owners can expect party chat improvements, as well as updates to Game Hubs and Achievement notifications. Below are the more specific notes.

• Party chat improvements – Party chat is being improved with troubleshooting guidance for Xbox One owners. The Party App will help you get your microphone enabled and show you when privacy settings or networking issues are blocking communication with particular party members.

• Game hub links – Members can more easily discover game hub content from activity feed items. You’ll see activity feed items when any of your friends follow a game, and you’ll also be able to get back to a game’s hub from activity feed posts related to the game – including feed items about the game’s achievements, game clips and screenshots. Finally, we’ve added a link to game hubs from the game’s page in the achievements app.

• Achievement notifications – With this preview release, you’ll also see the achievement’s description in the notification so you know what you did to earn this achievement without having to open the achievements app. If you do choose to open up the notification to see the achievement details, we’ve also made some performance improvements to make loading the achievements app from a notification faster.

[Major Nelson]