Also everyone would love the quieter buttons. Battery life is very nice and it’s impressive that only 2 AAs would power all of the above. It would carry on for weeks. Microsoft could have included a rechargeable battery inside it. Though keeping the price low is a good trade-off.
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Its UI which is termed as a dashboard is inspired by the Microsoft’s very own Windows 8. It shows an array of tiles which would contain the maximum of the features and it is easily navigable even though windows 8 was primarily a touchscreen based UI. The Store contains quick links for various categories including games, movies/TV, music and applications. Thus you can pin some album from Xbox music which would direct you to it directly from the dashboard.
The Xbox has given this refreshing idea of voice controlling your console. You can say “Xbox On!” and your console would switch on giving you a god-like feeling which may become silly if you aren’t saying it properly. The voice commands will help you to jump from one application to the other seamlessly. You can have 4 apps running continuously with a game being one of them. Through the native HDMI port at the back, you will be able to have the Live-TV and watch your favorite shows. Or use the HULU plus application for doing the same.
Games
A lot of games have been launched recently including the Forza Motorsport 5 which uses all of the hardware prowess that it possesses to give an almost lifelike graphics, the average Dead Rising 3, Ryse: Son of Rome which may not be one of the most graphic intensive but a more engaging and impressive games, crimson dragon and Killer Instinct among others coming through later this year.
