The ‘big’ Xbox September update is coming soon: What’s in it for gamers – Times of India

Xbox has announced that its September update is coming soon and will bring a host of features for gamers. This update will allow gamers to stream their Xbox gameplay on Discord, bring variable refresh rate for Xbox Series X|S consoles, give them new places to view and redeem Rewards and provide new wish list notifications to track games.
Additionally, the platform is rolling out Xbox voice reporting, which allows gamers to report inappropriate in-game voice chat. Plus, there are “some great updates” on PC.
Streaming games from Xbox to Discord
Starting this week, gamers can stream gameplay directly from their Xbox to their Discord friends by clicking on “Stream your game.” For this, users have to link their Discord account and then they can join voice channels from the Xbox console by pressing the Xbox button on the controller to open the guide, scroll to ‘Parties & chats’, and select ‘Discord’.
Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) for Xbox Series X|S consoles
Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) will allow the users’ TV or monitor to adjust its refresh rate based on the frame rate of the content that is being watched, for a smooth gameplay.
Starting this week, gamers can choose to enable/ disable VRR by selecting an option, go to General > TV & display options > Video, and then go to the dropdown menu for VRR. You can select if you want VRR to be “Always On,” “Gaming Only,” or “Off.”
New places to view and redeem Rewards
Gamers will be able to find Rewards in the new Rewards tab. Gamers can navigate there by pressing the Xbox button to open the guide, choose Profile & system, select profile, and then choose My Rewards.
Additionally, gamers can “find the Redeem Rewards catalogue directly from the Rewards tab in your profile. To check it out, open the guide and go to Profile & system > your profile > My Rewards.”
Xbox voice reporting
In July, Xbox announced a platform-wide voice reporting feature to give players the option to capture and report inappropriate in-game voice chats.
“Voice reporting equips Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One players with the ability to capture a 60-second video clip of an in-game voice incident that they believe violates Xbox Community Standards and submit it as evidence to the Xbox Safety Team for review,” the company said.
This feature is purpose-built to support the wide variety of in-game interactions between players on games including Xbox 360 backward compatible titles. However, Voice reporting will be available starting this week to Xbox console players in select English-language markets (US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand).
Xbox app on PC experience updates
Xbox also updated the Xbox app on PC with new features, faster performance and celebrations for upcoming games. There are also improvements to game details page load times for faster access to install buttons. There are new fonts, button styles and animations across the app. There are updates across the Library and Installation queue, including filters for Installed, Owned, and In Game Pass.