The new Xbox One update increases download speeds

Download games and updates up to 80% faster.
Text: Eirik Hyldbakk Furu
Published 2016-12-15

Did you download the new Xbox One system update yesterday? If you've been downloading anything after that you might have noticed that it went faster than usual. That's not a coincidence.

Microsoft has detailed what improvements came with the update, and the two most noteworthy ones were:

• Customers with high-speed connections (greater than 100Mbps) should experience up to 80% faster download speeds.

• Customers with connections less than 100Mbps should experience more consistent performance that is up to 40% faster than before.

The update also promises to stabilise background downloads in the face of intermittent connectivity issues.

We've heard many complaints about the download speeds on Xbox One, so it'll be interesting to see if the update is as good as they claims. Have you noticed a difference? Let us know below!

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