Microsoft launches FastStart to speed up Xbox Game Pass games – Gaming – News

Microsoft released the July update for Xbox One, introducing, among other things, the FastStart feature. Users can start a game earlier, while only a relatively small portion of the files has been downloaded.

FastStart allows, according to Microsoft, to start a game twice as fast after a fraction of it has been downloaded. As soon as a game is started prematurely, the download of other files will continue in the background. FastStart requires a minimum download speed of 20 Mbit / s and is only available for a number of English games from the Xbox Game Pass catalog. Microsoft has not yet released the list of games that work with FastStart. The company says it will soon extend its functionality to other games and other languages.

Voglens Microsoft differs FastStart from the existing and comparable "ready-to-use" functionality of the Xbox One, in that FastStart uses automatic learning to identify which parts of a game must be downloaded first to make the game playable. The "ready to start" feature requires manual work from the game publisher to select the files required for a playable display and which, according to Microsoft, can be an inconsistent experience for different games.

The July update for the Xbox One console brings a number of other innovations and enhancements, such as better video quality when streaming games and a more extensive option to better organize the game library and applications. For the latter, the Groups option has been introduced, allowing users to create different collections of content with a personal name, so that applications and games added to a group can be reached more quickly in the group. interface.