Xbox June Update adds speech-to-text for Party Chat accessibility, app improvements, and more
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What you need to know
TheXbox Series XandXbox Series Sare already great consoles as they are right now, but Xbox still releases near-monthly OS updates to improve them further. Even aging Xbox One consoles get some love, and benefit from most of the same new features that come to Xbox Series X|S. Last month’s decent-sizedXbox May Updateis being followed by today’s more modestXbox June Update, which still includes a very important accessibility addition. It may take a while for the Xbox June Update to become available to everyone, but you should see it appear on your console soon.
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The highlights of the Xbox June Update includes:
The headlining feature of the Xbox June Update is absolutely to the improvements to Xbox Party Chat, which will likely be wonderful features to many players, including myself. It’s great to seeMicrosoft deliver on the promises they made on Global Accessibility Awareness Day. With speech-to-text and text-to-speech features now baked in, more players around the world will be able to experience some of thebest Xbox gameswhile playing with friends in a Party.
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