Microsoft's Major Nelson made the announcement today, and also explained how you can take advantage of the new feature.
Here's how to start using the feature today.
First, you have to reboot your system. Then choose "Let me receiver decode audio" from the Blu-ray page.Here is what the page looks like:
As announced previously, bit streaming and Atmos are available on Xbox One S and the launch model. The new audio options are available for gaming and video content alike.
In other Xbox news, an update for Xbox One and Windows 10 added the interactive live streaming service, while new home/guide screens and more were also introduced.
And on the hardware front, Microsoft is now talking more about Project Scorpio. This week, the company revealed more details on the console's impressive-sounding specs.
Details on the console's impressive-sounding specs.
Microsoft has revealed fresh new tech specs about its upcoming upgraded Xbox One console, Project Scorpio.
According to a new report from Digital Foundry,
the console's specs are beyond what we've seen in the current console
generation. Scorpio was able to run a Forza Motorsport demo at 60 FPS in
seemingly native 4K, with graphical settings at an "Xbox
One-equivalent" level.
In terms of specs, the console
boasts a 1 TB hard drive, as well as 12 GB of GDDR5 memory--the same
type of RAM contained in the PlayStation 4, though Sony's device only contains 8 GB.
That
12 GB is split into two portions: 8 GB is accessible to developers,
while 4 GB is reserved for system use. That's an increase over Xbox
One's 8 GB overall memory, which was split the same way into portions of
5 GB and 3 GB, while GDDR5 represents a speed increase over Xbox One's
DDR3 RAM.
Digital Foundry--which was shared this
information by Microsoft itself--says Scorpio will run all Xbox One
games "better," whether they're patched for the new console or not. This
is because the console uses no emulation--Xbox One games will run
natively using the system's internal power.
Scorpio's
GPU--which is 4.6 times as powerful as Xbox One's--is described by
Digital Foundry as "a beast." Combined with a faster CPU, the result is a
more stable or higher frame rate, no screen tearing, and faster load
times. All of that is also reportedly true for backwards-compatible Xbox 360
games, even though changes in hardware between Xbox One and Project
Scorpio mean Microsoft has had to go through every existing game
individually to make them run on Scorpio.
Scorpio also
contains some improvements to Xbox One's features. Game DVR now lets you
capture 4K, 60 FPS, HDR game-play, and it will also allow you to scrub
through captured game-play to find the best screenshots. However, the new
console does not contain a Kine-ct port--you'll need a USB adapter to
use your Xbox One camera device.
The site says Scorpio's
internal design brief was to scale existing titles up to 4K--and this
latest batch of information suggests Microsoft has succeeded. it should
be noted, however, that the demo only contained one test version of an
unconfirmed Forza game--though the build apparently was built using the
same tech used to make Forza Motorsport 6. Additionally, titles that
were originally 30 FPS will not go over that unless patched to do so,
while the level of optimization seen in all titles could vary.
Users
who own 1080p televisions will still be catered for, too: "ultra
HD-rendering should super-sample down for those 1080p displays," says
the site, meaning games should look sharper, even if you don't own a 4K
set.
Although no price has officially been confirmed,
Digital Foundry and Euro-gamer estimate from the specs they've seen that
the console will cost US $499--the same price as the Xbox One at launch.
For more on the latest Scorpio specs--including all the technical
details of the console's CPU and GPU
We
already knew that Scorpio will boast six teraflops of
performance--including 320 GB/s memory bandwidth and eight CPU
cores though the console will differ from Xbox One by reportedly not containing ESRAM.
Microsoft says Scorpio is the most powerful console ever made and that it will be more powerful than the PlayStation 4 Pro, which came out last year. It will still support Xbox One games, controllers, and accessories, however.
The
new console is due to launch this holiday, but it remains to be seen
when Microsoft will start to officially show it off in more detail. Xbox
boss Phil Spencer has said he is unsure if Microsoft will show off Project Scorpio before E3 in June, while also stating recently that he thinks it's "critical" for first-party games to be ready for the system's launch.
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