Microsoft Plans Public Beta for Xbox 360 Integration of Facebook, Twitter, Last.FM

by Nick Breckon, Oct 06, 2009 2:40pm PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, Xbox Live, New Xbox Experience

A public beta of the dashboard update that will bring Facebook, Twitter and Last.FM to Xbox Live is coming soon, according to MTV.

Xbox entertainment manager Jennifer Puzio-Brookes said the beta will begin in "middle-towards-end of October."

Beyond traditional Facebooking, Facebook Connect will allow Xbox 360 users to post screenshots and text while in games that support the functionality.

Twitter and Last.FM will operate more or less as they do elsewhere, though Xbox Live Silver account members will only be able to use Last.FM on a trial basis. A premium, subscription-based service for Last.FM is also planned.

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Will Facebook and Twitter be available to Silver members? Has that been announced yet?

Oct 06, 2009 2:57pm PDT

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Will Facebook and Twitter be available to Silver members? Has that been announced yet? : blackz0r
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I think the ability to pull up Facebook is a -great- additional feature. For instance, say I am at a friends house and want to show them pictures of a trip to Chicago that I know I have in my Facebook photo albums.

Boom. On a television. Works for me.

Oct 06, 2009 3:42pm PDT

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Oh my god. The idiotic sensation that has been sweeping the nation for the past few years is going to infect my Xbox 360! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Why microsoft?!!!! Why bring this incredible stupidity to my console, my only safe haven in a world full of idiodic stupidity???? Sigh, i guess it is a good marketing stratagy.... but i still don't like. I hate Facebook and Twitter, and I have since their inception. I pray to god they don't get their own blades, cause if they do, I am switching over to PS3. 'Nuff said...

Oct 07, 2009 9:05am PDT

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Oh my god. The idiotic sensation that has been sweeping the nation for the past few years is going to inf... : Khakimon
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  I think it'll show up the way netflix does. : matrixneo42
  - But probably also somehow in the Xbox button menu. In the area where the friends list is and party. : matrixneo42
- ooorrrrrr..... you could just ignore them and keep playing your games ... just a thought : homeboyJim
- Your browser also has them! Watch out! : OmegaRed59

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1337kill3r Tweets:
jsut pwned some noobs in hlo3. fags
4 minutes ago from Xbox Live

ate a full bag of chips in 3 min. awesume
about 1 hour ago from Xbox Live

mom cuaght me masterbaiting to gay furry porn
12:52 PM December 10th from Xbox Live

Oct 06, 2009 7:14pm PDT

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1337kill3r Tweets: jsut pwned some noobs in hlo3. fags 4 minutes ago from Xbox Live ate a full bag : oO SilentK Oo
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  Man, I love how Xbox Live is exactly like that and everyone who plays consoles is brain dead. : Shadsy
  - Not quite. I used to be an elitist pc user like you, but I saw what the xbox was doing and the wii too a... : matrixneo42
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    Lighten up, it's just a joke. I love my Xbox, but there are a lot of kids like that on Live, in my exper... : oO SilentK Oo
    - Naw I was joking. I just really really hate the stereotype of everyone on live being stupid... even if it... : Shadsy

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Do we really need twitter on the Xbox? Seriously?

Last.fm is cool because it gives the xbox more "media device" cred, but twitter and facebook integration is just dumb. Bet it somehow opens loopholes that lets people accounts get hacked...

Oct 06, 2009 2:55pm PDT

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Do we really need twitter on the Xbox? Seriously? Last.fm is cool because it gives the xbox more "med... : haysoos
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  stop smoking crack please, makes you less paranoid : verbal
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    lmao, how naive. People's accounts are getting hacked right now. As I'm typing this. Learn something a... : haysoos
    - Helluvadrug. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    - Probably the government trying to cover up the 9/11 CONSPIRACY : Smurfy12
    - I only have been working in IT industry for 20 years now. Claims based security is my speciality and I do... : verbal

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I like the idea of having high scores from XBLAH showing on my Facebook I guess. Last.FM though, now that is cool.

Shame it's not spotify.

Oct 07, 2009 7:30am PDT

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It would be awesome if they started charging every time someone updated their status or tweeted from their 360.

Oct 06, 2009 5:19pm PDT

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It would be awesome if they started charging every time someone updated their status or tweeted from thei... : jnukem99
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  It'd be awesome if they removed the dress-up dollies so I can own an Xbox 360 again without feeling like ... : DarthStank
  - this post has much relevance to the news story you are commenting on, thank you for enriching my shacknew... : OrkO

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Actually, the ability to post screenshots to twitter/facebook actually has me interested. :D

Had a lot of fun sharing BFBC screenshots and the like in the past.

Oct 06, 2009 3:30pm PDT

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- Wow, I somehow didn't see the bit about screenshots, thats actually kind of cool. : haysoos
- I really hope it's implemented in the in-game guide software so that games will support it right out of t... : OverloadUT

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