Starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving the latest Xbox One system update (1805.180507-1920). Read on for more about the new features, fixes and known issues in the latest system update.
New Features:
Group Your Games and Apps
In this build we are continuing the expansion of the Groups feature for the Preview Alpha ring. We will roll-out this feature to all the Alpha users over the next few days so please be patient as we enable this feature in a controlled manner to watch the service and feature load. With Groups, you can create multiple collections of content made up of anything from within My games & apps. You can also assign custom names to each Group, organize and order them, and add individual Groups to Home. Groups will appear across My games & apps, Home, and Guide, so you’ll be able to access your Groups at a moment’s notice. Best of all, Groups are tied to your account, so they will automatically sync across multiple Xbox One consoles. We’ve started you off with a Group that should look very familiar — your Pins!
Fixes:
Audio
- We have fixed issues with some users with Denon or Marantz receivers and the LG SJ9 soundbar that were experiencing Audio issues.
Game & Party Chat
- We have fixed the issue in which some games have no Game Chat audio after party chat is active.
Groups
- If you had more than 25 items in your Pins when you have Groups first enabled, not all items were appearing. This is fixed with the latest build.
- If you tried to add more than 40 items at one time to a Group, this operation would occasionally fail. This is not expected to be an issue for most users and was identified as a one-off.
- When you first get Groups, your Pins content block on Home sometimes would show “Remove group” although you have Pins as a Group. This is fixed with the latest build.
System Performance
- Misc. performance fixes in the platform.
Known Issues:
Audio
- Some users may experience intermittent loss of Audio with certain configurations of AV receivers with ATMOS or with changing audio configurations during console use.
- We are investigating reports of loss of audio in some games when resuming from Instant-On. Please file feedback when this occurs.
Groups
- If you add an system app (anything pre-installed such as Settings, Edge, etc.) to a Group, the next system update will cause you to lose its image. Workaround: Remove from Group and re-add to bring back its image.
- If you uninstall a game/app after previously adding it to a Group, it will lose its image. Workaround is to remove from Group and add it back. This is being investigated to be fixed for a later build.
Pi-hole
- Pi-hole users may encounter issues signing in, creating, or recovering accounts upon downloading the 1804 update. This is due to a new configuration file which is downloaded from a URL Pi-hole blocks by default.
- Workaround: Add clientconfig.passport.net to the Pi-hole allowed IP address list.
Profile Color
- Sometimes users may encounter an incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.
Networking
- Work continues on the stability of the Wi-Fi connectivity. If you see any issues please report the problems for investigation.
YouTube
- Some users are encountering an issue where their YouTube account is being signed out whenever they launch the app.
- Workaround: Uninstall/re-install the app and sign in with your account again.
See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire
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Source: Xbox Blog
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