xbox live dashboard upgrade August 25th

Xbox Live Members Get New Dashboard


If you're an Xbox Live subscriber, you're about to see some amazing
improvements and additions to the Xbox Dashboard. We're calling these new
features Live Now. When you fire up your Xbox on August 25 (without a game
in the tray), you'll be able to bask in the glory of the new look and new
capabilities.

For starters, you'll get to your Friends List right away, in the Dash,
without going through Account Management or starting up a Live game. On your
Friends list, you'll see who's online and what game they're playing. If you
want to invite them to join you in a new game, you can send the invite from
the Dash! This makes it so much easier to hook up with your friends and get
in a game.

You'll also be able to set up a Voice Chat session from your Dashboard. How
cool is that?

Account Management is also on the main screen and has all the fabulous and
tantalizing account management options that you have all come to know and
love. Okay, we know they're not quite as exciting as the Halo 2 trailer, but
it's good to have 'em when you need 'em.

If you just can't deal with change, just select Main Menu, and you'll be
right back in the comfortable old main menu.

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