Fall 2010 Update: Improved Voice Chat & Kinect Support Incoming
Date: Thursday, August 26 @ 00:23:20 UTC
Topic: Xbox 360
Xbox Live Studios head unveils plans to update Xbox Live's audio codec as part of this years Xbox 360 Update. The new and improved voice chat codec will provide better voice communication overall. No more crackly headset..
Xbox Live Studios head Jerry Johnson spoke at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival about the new and improved voice chat system coming to Xbox 360 in the next update.
“The codec we used when we first launched was a low bit rate codec and we stuck with that,” said Johnson. “We launched and we said we required broadband. We required a 64k connection, which not many people think of as broadband any longer. But that was the minimum requirement to run the service at the time.”
“It’s time for us to move on,” he continued. “Especially if we want to think about broadening – a crackly headset on the top of your head – not what people think of when they talk about popular entertainment.”
Microsoft has not yet announced when it plans to introduce the update. The next Xbox 360 firmware/dashboard update is expected sometime this fall, just in time for Kinect which launches November 4th in the US and November 10th in Europe, the UK, Australia and South Africa.
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