Mysterious dash update released today [update 1]

by Richard Mitchell { Jan 9th 2007 at 12:45PM }

Update: It looks like it's just a boring performance update. Click here for the full scoop.

Those of you who have turned on your 360s today (in the US at least) were prompted to download an update. We've had a few people asking if we know what it was all about. To put it simply, we don't. We've asked Major Nelson for an official explanation. He assures us that an explanation is forthcoming, just as soon as he gets details from Redmond (Major is at CES right now). We'll give you the details as soon as we have them. Just curious, has anyone outside the US received this update?

Tags: dash, dash update, DashUpdate

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Insomnious @ Jan 9th 2007 12:51PM

I've just this second turned my box on, and lo and behold, the update screen.

That's a positive from the UK.

Parm @ Jan 9th 2007 12:53PM

I can confirm it too, myself and a host of friends around Europe all recieved the same dashboard update today.

Ironically, it appears that the majority of the world mistook this dashboard update as the intended patch for Gears of War. That itself was released later in the day.

Two patches in one day? Enough to confuse anybody! hehehe

Winney1907 @ Jan 9th 2007 12:56PM

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3156293

Niklas @ Jan 9th 2007 12:57PM

Got it, and I live in Sweden

Glenn @ Jan 9th 2007 1:02PM

Yes for me, and I live in the Netherlands

p.s. a small request... could you please stop the email confirmation thing? or at least let you signup or something like that, because It's really annoying to keep activating every comment via email... (A)

Greetings

Cat @ Jan 9th 2007 1:06PM

Yep, I got it in the UK.

truthseeker @ Jan 9th 2007 1:18PM

I can confirm Canada got the update as well. A quick scan of the tabs showed no changes so I am not sure what it did.

S0b3R0n3 @ Jan 9th 2007 1:30PM

Hi,

Heres the update:

This free Xbox 360™ update is great news! We've been listening to what the community has been telling us, so we're happy to announce that this update will improve your gaming experience.

Here are some of the changes in this update:

* Improvements to the Xbox Guide.
* Option to retain your saved games when you delete a profile.
* Increased accuracy of "last time played."
* Network configuration improvements for Xbox Live® members in the Netherlands.
* More detailed messaging for unreadable disk or region errors.

This free* update is available to all Xbox Live members. Your console will be updated the next time you sign in to Xbox Live.

KineticOnline @ Jan 9th 2007 1:31PM

@Winney1907
That 1up story is incorrect, the details they posted are for last years update

avinitski @ Jan 9th 2007 1:34PM

got the update here in the UK.

anyone with a patched DVD updated yet?

KineticOnline @ Jan 9th 2007 1:42PM

Again at sob3rb3, that is the details of the January 06 update not the latest one

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/news/2006/0130-autoupdate.htm

NuAngel @ Jan 9th 2007 1:46PM

The "changelog" that is posted above is an OLD report. That is from the January 30th, ____2006____ dashboard update. There is still no confirmation as to what TODAY'S update is for, though I am beginning to think that this, coupled with Today's GEARS update, will be designed to get rid of the "disc read error" that has plagued GEARS.