Higher late than by no means, Microsoft is including a Snapchat-like Tales characteristic to the Xbox app for iOS and Android.
Judging from Microsoft’s description of it, “Xbox Stories” work equally to these on different platforms, however the content material does have the excellence of lasting as much as 72 hours as a substitute of a day. That is all part of Xbox’s massive Might update the place it additionally launched its new High quality of Service (QoS) Tagging characteristic.
Intense gamer Tales
In these Tales, you’ll have the ability to share heated gamer moments by posting in-game clips, screens, and achievements with your folks or the group at massive. Tales will be replied to with both message or a fast emoji response, simply as you'll on different platforms.Upon updating the app, you’ll see a brand new Tales channel proper on the house display. You can begin posting tales by opening the channel and tapping the brand new plus image subsequent to your Gamertag. Then you may choose no matter you wish to share, add a caption through the preview web page, and hit the put up button. This new characteristic is at present accessible in Australia with an eventual rollout to different areas coming quickly. Admittedly, it's unusual to see Microsoft doing this. Particularly when the newest development is to tear off TikTok by having a steady vertical video feed. A number of different social media platforms applied their very own model of Snapchat Tales, solely to discontinue the characteristic not lengthy after. Now, we simply have to attend for Microsoft to make this Xbox characteristic world earlier than everybody completely strikes on from the Tales idea.New precedence tagging system
In the identical Might announcement is the QoS Tagging characteristic. It’s a brand new operate that lets gamers set a precedence tag to sure console system options that may get slowed down with latency and congestion. That approach throughout instances of excessive person visitors, your connection stays secure because it will get precedence over others. Issues like social gathering chat, console streaming, and multiplayer modes are given as examples of areas that may have this tagging. That stated, not everybody can take full benefit of it. In response to Microsoft’s support page for QoS Tagging, your router/gateway and ISP community should assist the Low Latency DOCSIS customary for it to work. Microsoft additionally warns there could also be some connection issues anyway should you make the most of the tagging. Now, we simply have to attend for Microsoft to make this Xbox characteristic world earlier than everybody completely strikes on from the Tales idea.
