New Xbox Dashboard

A video of the new xbox dashboard that will be released later this month has apparently been leaked on youtube:




Features of the new dashboard

System Software Changes
Updated Standard and Kinect Dashboard with Full Voice Dashboard Commandment Support.
Bing on Xbox
YouTube on Xbox 360 with Bing Search support.
Beacons
Skype Integration

Xbox Live Changes
Live television on Xbox 360 with Bing Search support
Cloud Storage for Game Saves and LIVE Profile
Kinect Changes
Expanded Kinect Voice Support.

The New Dashboard. Simpler. Cleaner. Easier to navigate. With the addition of new entertainment content on Xbox LIVE and our commitment to continuously improving the overall Xbox experience, we've updated the dashboard with a new look and feel that makes it even more open, inviting and intuitive to navigate. All of your favorite content is categorized in a way that is easy to browse and find what you're looking for, plus you can use voice anywhere in the dashboard to effortlessly navigate and get to what you want.


Bing on Xbox. We are bringing Bing to Xbox. Bing on Xbox searches Netflix, Hulu Plus, ESPN, as well as our music, video and Xbox LIVE marketplaces to find exactly the entertainment you want to enjoy. With Bing on Xbox and Kinect, you can effortlessly find the games, movies, TV shows, sports and music you want by only using your voice. You say it, Xbox finds it. The experience is now simpler than ever before.
Expanded Kinect Voice Support. We want Xbox LIVE members around the globe to experience the magic of Kinect's voice recognition technology so we are committed to bringing voice to eight additional markets by the end of this year with a total of 13 markets that will have Kinect voice. We are also exploring some innovative new ways to enable the LIVE community to help us accelerate the refinement of voice models in new markets, and look forward to sharing developments on that front soon.
Beacons. We want to make it easy for you to connect with friends over your favorite games on Xbox LIVE, so we are introducing Beacons to the service.

Beacons are a way to tell your Xbox LIVE and Facebook friends that you want to play a game on Xbox LIVE. By setting a Beacon, you tell Xbox LIVE what you want to play. Then, Xbox LIVE lets you know when friends are playing or want to play the same game. With Beacons, no matter what you're currently doing on Xbox LIVE your friends know that it's ok to ask you to play your Beaconed games. Imagine sending out a Beacon to let your friends know you're interested in playing "Halo," while watching a movie on Netflix. It's about making it easier for you to share and discover games and multiplayer opportunities with friends on Xbox LIVE.


Cloud Storage for Game Saves and LIVE Profile. Here at Xbox LIVE we listen to your feedback. We are making it easier for you to sign into your Xbox LIVE account from any console at any time to access your game saves and full profile, including items such as Microsoft Points to make purchases, Achievements and friends. Cloud storage will allow you to enjoy the same great Xbox LIVE gaming experience even when you're not in your own living room by giving you the option to store your "game saves" securely in the Xbox LIVE cloud instead of on a portable memory unit or your console's hard drive. Gone are the days of "gamertag recovery." Now all you need to do is sign in, no matter where you are!

I like the current one. Why do they have to keep assing around with it? They are getting as bad as facebook

In the words of Mr Horse.....no sir, I don't like it.

I wonder if cloud storage will have a fee attached?

Maybe a small amount will be free and the rest charged?

I have shed loads of saves so need 32GB, wonder what the limit will be?

The new features sound good, even if a tad kinect biased. The new look however, is awful. Those blocky boxes look like they're a trial template they're using before putting the actual ones on there.

KENT HAMMER wrote:I wonder if cloud storage will have a fee attached?

Maybe a small amount will be free and the rest charged?

I have shed loads of saves so need 32GB, wonder what the limit will be?

My guess is that games would identify the actual save points and upload them rather than any excessive content or dlc or addon portions

Game save states are very small and you could get all of them into 5 gigs or less.

Mind you M$ already gives 25 gig Cloud free with their Live services so I reckon that its gonna be just an extension of that.

Its a fabulous step forward this and yet again proves why the annual membership fee is a great bargain

Looks good. I like the sound of the new additions. I need to renew my xbox live next month so I might get two years worth before the inevitable price hike.

does sound good but looks horrible dont like the grey boxes and stuff looks really dull. Hope they mess around with coloursa and that before it is published.

All the new features sound great but will we get them in the Uk as well ?

The new additions sound good. But why are they changing the rest of it? I don't like it, why change something that doesn't need to be changed.

new video released talking a bit more about it