Xbox 360 Spring Update
Complete Features List

New Features

• Download Manager: Marketplace items now download in the background, you can queue up to six pieces of content.
• DVD bookmark support will remember the film’s timing and location when resuming viewing.
• Fast-forward and rewind now offered at 2x -16x for any videos saved to hard drive.
• Boot to Dashboard setting will bypass the loading of any disc in the drive and open directly to Dashboard during power-on.
• You can begin slideshows from any photo.
• The music player saves "shuffle" setting.
• The music player saves "repeat" setting.
• The music player now displays which file is currently playing in the playlist.
• The music volume level persists between game / reboots.
• Eight new locales added (Chile, Brazil, India, South Africa, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia).
• Separate settings are now offered for Game and User volume controls.
• Themes can now be set from the "System" blade on the Dashboard.
• User-selected music continues play when switching from Dashboard to game or game to Dashboard.
• "All Arcade Games" added as a selection in the Xbox Live Arcade area.
• Personal gamer pictures are now allowed, displayed only to those on your friends list.
• Added support to disable sound effects when navigating Dashboard.
• Instantaneous "Change Theme" option has been added upon downloading new Dashboard Themes.
• You can preserve the folder structure of source when viewing photos.
• A / B labels now provided to identify memory units in Dashboard.
• Online status is set to "Away" when screensaver becomes active.

System Improvements

DVD Player

• Improved the audio/video sync after extended pauses.
• Improved the visual quality.
• The DVD player outputs at native resolution over VGA connection.
• Improved the playback smoothness.
• Improved the fast-forward and rewind smoothness.
• DVD play continues to attempt to read a disc after "disc read" error.
• DVD play Pause / Play jitter / out of synch issues improved.
• DVD play Slow Play / Play jitter / out of synch issues improved.
• Repaired issues with missing menu selection icon from DVD disc menu for certain films.
• Improved Xbox 360 Guide efficiency during certain films.
• Repaired playback stutter during certain films.

Music Player

• Player now populates music data (Title, Artist, etc.) when no track information is available.
• User music now pauses, instead of stopping, when games override user-selected background music.
• Selecting an artist’s <UNTITLED> album no longer displays <UNTITLED> albums for all artists.
• Improved the performance when retrieving playlists from a Windows Media connection.
• Music tracks listed in order when viewing albums by specific artist.
• Unified music controls available for music player in Dashboard and pop-up Guide.
• Improved the playback for mono AAC-encoded files.
• Improved the connection timing between console and CD database over Internet.
• The player no longer allows hard-drive selection when no hard-drive is connected.
• Removed handling of MTP/USB devices when playing music from them more robust.
• Improved error codes / messaging associated with unplayable content.

Localization Improvements

• Fixed partially truncated strings in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian.
• Korean clock / date format corrected after initial set-up.
• Fixed system hang when changing the language of the console immediately after signing out.
• Korean virtual keyboard "down" navigation now works for lower-right button.
• Korean virtual keyboard caps disabled for input mode.
• Fixed overlapping characters for pre-paid Gold membership card (Japanese localization).
• Removed extra spaces in several translated words (French localization).
• PC name displayed properly when containing Japanese characters.
• Support added for single-apostrophe character for Japanese virtual keyboard.

Memory Area Improvements

• Streamlined selection: no profile selection required.
• Improved overall performance, allowing quicker access to content.
• Improved content views including name, file type, size, profile owner, and location.
• Faster identification of file types and fewer steps for actions such as copy, move, delete, etc.
• Capacity (or percentage-full) of storage device is now consistent between select-a-device and storage scenes.
• Device selection now shown on each screen to improve usability.

Miscellaneous System Improvements

• Time elapsed now displayed when playing music files.
• Media library categorization enhanced.
• Accelerated scrolling added for large music lists.
• New "shuffle" icon added.
• Repeat / Shuffle icon now operates as toggle button.
• Default button for manual IP address is now "A" instead of "Done."
• Hidden and system folders are no longer displayed from MTP / mass storage devices.
• Difficulty levels for gamer profiles are now ordered correctly.
• Added additional line and word-wrap to "Publisher" in video area.
• Shuffle / Random no longer skips last image in list when viewing photos.
• Improved handling of Friend Requests between gamertags that have changed names.
• No longer asked "Exit to Dash?" when switching between areas in the Dashboard.
• New error messages appear when Windows Live ID requires password change.
• Unlocked Achievements are now displayed first in Game Summary page.
• Selecting an Achievement now shows the specific Achievement details.
• Updated messaging added for deleting arcade games purchased by different profiles.
• System no longer launches music CD in disc-tray when moving from Live sign-up to Dashboard or Network Troubleshooter.
• Voice quality improved when connected through wired gamepad.
• "Last Played Game" selection in Xbox Live Arcade shown first before enumerating all games (when Arcade game was last game played).
• Improved performance of picture enumeration from iPods formatted for Mac.
• Latest updates adopted to Cero-based ratings for Family Settings.
• Videos downloaded from Marketplace now shown in the Video area of the Media blade.
• Improved usability added around "Play Now" when downloading demos, trailers, and videos.
• Added support for South Africa-specific Family Settings.
• Updated support for Japanese game ratings.
• Video area changed to include game trailers and entertainment videos.
• Improved robustness of Gamerscore when doing account recoveries.
• Improved messaging around handling corrupt or non-fully recovered profiles.
• Improved download performance for popular content being downloaded through Marketplace.
• Total USB keyboard support added.
• Testing Live connection while streaming music from PC now works correctly.
• Next item / Focus sound not played when scrolling past the bottom of the video list.
• Handle profiles on memory units inserted into system while enumerating profiles from other storage locations.
• Warning / Alert icons now show as part of deleting items in Memory area.
• Repeat rate for remote control matches game controller repeat rate.
• "A" button disabled when in a list with no items available.
• Wireless battery level added to mini-pop-up guide over backward-compatible games.
• Pop-up guide / Dashboard now supports USB keyboard.
• Console no longer enters "charge" mode when shutdown and the battery has been removed from wireless controller.
• System no longer waits indefinitely when attempting to contact Windows Media Connect service on XP PC.
• Improved Marketplace storage device selector added.
• Correctly set focus on selected item when back button pressed on "select a game" scene.
• Notify users when multiple wireless SSIDS with identical names are within reach.
• Gold membership information provided when trying to join a session or accepting game invites with Silver accounts.
• New text to highlight the ability to clear the passcode for Live account signing.
• Photo slideshow no longer resumes when pressing "previous" or "next" from paused state.
• Improved handling of corrupt profiles added when deleting them.
• System no longer turn off wireless gamepads after system update reboot.
• More robust handling of initial setup experience for memory unit users added.
• Improved handling of backward-compatible update experience, reboot back into Xbox v1 environment instead of Dashboard.
• Improved handling for "block communications" from other players.
• Improved keypress sounds when using USB keyboard.
• Improved usability and performance of content enumeration for storage devices.
• Visual location for where Xbox Live Arcade games reside now shown.
• Improved user messaging added when overwriting content while copying.
• Improved consistency of messaging between "sign out" and "switch profile."
• Updated troubleshooter text for connection to Windows PCs joined to domain.
• Better support for Xbox 360 game disc recognition added.
• Improved initial setup text messaging added.
• Improved overall error message terminology added.
• Game updates downloaded to memory unit no longer show "please reinsert" notification when memory unit removed.
• More robust support added for handling game deletes from memory unit and simultaneously removing memory unit.
• Improved system performance added between console and affiliated Windows Media Connect PC.