Xbox One March update goes live tonight, lets you adjust the Volume voice commands

The update will introduce support for Dolby Digital sound through optical out and HDMI. In addition, the update will add support for 50Hz output...

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The March update for Xbox One is quite a hefty one. Not only does it focus on improving the Live experience in time for Titanfall, it promises to add new features (like Twitch) and tweak OS features. The update is going live tonight.

For example, the update will introduce support for Dolby Digital sound through optical out and HDMI. In addition, the update will add support for 50Hz output, fixing the framerate issues some users have had in Europe while watching live TV through the console. Sound bars can now be automatically set up as well.

Perhaps the single most important update for me is the ability to adjust how much you can adjust the volume through the Kinect voice commands "Xbox volume up" and "Xbox volume down." Finally, no more two point increments!

For a more comprehensive look at all the new features added in the update, swing by the Xbox Wire.

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    March 4, 2014 6:00 PM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Xbox One March update goes live tonight, lets you adjust the Volume voice commands.

    The update will introduce support for Dolby Digital sound through optical out and HDMI. In addition, the update will add support for 50Hz output...

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      March 4, 2014 10:31 PM

      When is the $400 update without kinect???

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        March 5, 2014 5:12 AM

        Hopefully never. Maybe the Kinect hasn't been used in the early games in any revolutionary way yet, but I'm still quite hopeful that it will be in the next year or two. If they start selling the console without Kinect there is less of a chance of this. I'm leaning toward finally buying the console with the Titanfall bundle. Since I was going to get that game anyway, it sort of makes the console purchase $60-$70 cheaper for me anyway.

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        March 5, 2014 7:19 AM

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        March 5, 2014 7:22 AM

        not happening chief

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        March 5, 2014 7:26 AM

        Without kinect there is literally nothing that would entice people to buy it over the ps4, except maybe a couple exclusives.

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        March 5, 2014 7:27 AM

        It's there now, you buy the Xbox One and eBay your Kinect for $100-120 to whoever is buying them.

        But then you miss out on half of the system design, so whatevs.

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        March 5, 2014 7:29 AM

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