Microsoft Monday: Minecraft for Apple TV Arrives, Xbox One Download Speed Increases, Cortana for IoT
For those unaware of Microsoft monday, it's a weekly news update by the Redmond giant where there'll be likely coverage of what's happening at the North American software and hardware developer.
In this week of Microsoft's Monday reveal, it's now rumoured that Minecraft will now be announced for Apple TVs alongside Dolby support added to Xbox One consoles. In another major news update, the Xbox one console will now seemingly download games faster.
The major update among the all, was seemingly minecraft being announced to Apple TVs. This report on the Verge, reveals that the the game costs US$19.99 and would come bundled with additional DLC packs. However, it was also mentioned that it wouldn't include Xbox support. But one of their developers hinted about a future update for the same. The game would also come with the Ender update that was recently released for Windows 10 too.
Coming to the next topic, Forbes reported that both Xbox one and Windows 10 will now support Dolby Atmos sound that specializes in dedicated gaming grade audio and video content with extremely detailed sound and improved audio clarity.
The update will result in more richer audio being played back on both the console on the desktop-based operating system by Microsoft. It will also reportedly support Blu-ray app that's already available on Xbox.
Microsoft also substantially optimised download speeds for its console that sees a potential 80% increase in speeds for users having more than 100 megabits of internet connection whereas there's a reported 40% increase in speeds for people having lesser speeds. However, irrespective of the update, everything depends on resident internet connections.
Another report on ZDnet, revealed that Microsoft's Cortana would now be introduced to IoT devices early 2017. This is a part of their Windows 10 creators release that was communicated to all their OEM partners in Shenzen last week.
The actual update will take some time to be rolled out to the actual devices and will initially begin with official support for only English both UK and US editions with additional languages covered very shortly.
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