Xbox 360 Message Center

Staying in touch with your friends is easier and more versatile than ever with the new Xbox 360™ Message Center feature on the next generation of Xbox LIVE®. Think the Friends List and voice messaging on the original Xbox® were cool? Just wait until you see what Xbox 360 lets you do.

Meet your new Inbox.

Message for You
On the original Xbox and Xbox LIVE, a few games (Halo® 2, for example) gave you a simplified messaging system that let your receive basic voice messages from members of your Friends List or strangers—and sometimes you also got painstakingly typed out missives.

The next generation of Xbox LIVE on Xbox 360 enables system-wide messaging regardless of the game you're playing, with some amazing features to boot …

• Inbox: Immediately see if you have any messages with the touch of a button. The Message Center Inbox is set up like the standard e-mail inbox on your home computer. You can even send messages to multiple recipients—up to 100 at once! Now there's a quick way to set up a gaming session with your pals.
• Voice Messaging: Record, send, and receive personal messages over the Xbox 360 Headset, similar to what you could do in certain titles on the original Xbox.
• Text Messaging: Send and receive text messages via the same Inbox. Thanks to the new multi-purpose input on all Xbox 360 controllers, you can even use a Text Input Device (or TID—essentially a tiny handheld keyboard) to make the process even easier.
• Images and Video: New for Xbox 360, the camera accessory (available sometime after launch) will allow you to record and send images and video to other online gamers.
• Family Settings: Parents can use the Family Settings feature to limit what can be sent and received in the Message Center, as well as who can contact a younger gamer.

Text, voice, video, or all three are at your fingertips.

The Message Center is the main hub for communication with Xbox 360. It's easy to use and more versatile than ever. Hook up right out of the box, and you're in touch with the Xbox LIVE community.

Article by Danny Chihdo

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