Adam91 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Some of you may know about the new dashboard update which will feature bing search, youtube and will even allow you to watch tv through the dashboard. I believe this update will take place November 25th exactly one week from now. The one question on my mind is, How much extra will we have to pay for our memberships to use these new exciting features coming to the dashboard?, as microsoft has a habit of setting a price to basically every single thing that is on the dashboard im not 100% sure what the extra charge will be but i seen info stating it will be an extra few £/$ to our membership if we wish to use these feature, i maybe wrong and it could end up being 100% free but it seems thats to good to be true. Please state your thoughts on the new update and any other information you know about this it would be much helpful and appreciated. EDIT: i was on youtube watching microsoft do a presentation on the bing search feature that will be coming to the dashborad update, and someone left a comment saying that bing only searches content thats is within xbox and it actually dosnt search the world wide web, what made be believe the comment this guy posted was in the video the women searching bing searched "lego", just to give an audience an example and all that came up is XBOX 360 lego games, nothing else that is related to lego only xbox games, i really hope that am wrong about this because if this is true then i am really pissed off, and i feel xbox has just f***ed me over, i was looking forward to be able to browes this forum site on my tv but now i feel thats seems far too good to be true, the ps3 has access to the internet why cant they do it after all it is microsoft also i thought to myself why is the youtube feature separate i could just use bing to search youtube and then thought its probably just to give people quicker access to it than typing it in, since i came across this issue that makes me believe even more that the bing search for xbox isnt for the world wide web and thats why youtube is a completely separate feature, is there anyone who knows more about this shed more light and please say that i am wrong about this. PS: if am wrong about this and it actually does browse the web, will some sites be restricted because i watch tv shows online and movies EDIT: 2 more days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 there will be no extra cost for the membership, im running the beta test of the dashboard at the moment, the beacons are a nice touch, tells you when friends are starting to play certain games. the friends list is a lot more interactive. dashboard itself is a lot more professional looking, quicker, smoother. But at the moment there is no youtube on it? unless this will be released with the full version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Dog Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 What about the addition of PayPal. Heard it was to become one of the payment options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamF1sh Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I wish youtube didn't need gold membership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCPO Mayh3m Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 ...I am looking forward to the update. I have heard plenty of good things thus far. However.. I is sad that I won't be at home to download it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 paypal is an option at the moment, you set it up in xbox.com (if i remember correctly) but i remember setting it up a few months ago. heres a video of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Dog Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Like the set up, looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamF1sh Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Ye, its so user friendly irs amazing, when it first downloaded I took 1 look and thought, hate it. After starting to use it I now find it amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostHero Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Wow, I definitely like and I am looking forward to it. So is the 20th the set date for the update? Or is it simply speculation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Knowing Microsoft it could change it was originally set for 15th. But was put back. They released the beta on that day. Which is really sweet. Next date at moment is 25th to be released to general public but that could change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skummgummigubbe Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 it looks grate but i still dont like the white(blue) blur in the backround. making the pickture in the backround only show top half, i like that blur to dissapear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Don't mind the blur as it brings the central section more to the forefront I know ots purely cosmetic buy find it pleasing to the eye IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam91 Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Don't mind the blur as it brings the central section more to the forefront I know ots purely cosmetic buy find it pleasing to the eye IMHO thanks for the vid, so will this new update be free? will we be able to browse the internet for no extra charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duzaman Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Sweet. I like dashboard updates. Hopefully with the Youtube interface I'll be able to link my account and the search function actually works. Hopefully it doesn't have that "video isn't availiable on Xbox 360" BS. That's what I'm most excited for, but I wish we would have free Hulu by now, instead of just plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperIntendant Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Yea, the guy in the comments was right, I don't know why people started saying that it surfs the Internet, because that was never in the plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam91 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Yea, the guy in the comments was right, I don't know why people started saying that it surfs the Internet, because that was never in the plans. then why use bing, why cant microsoft have there own search program to search xbox related topics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperIntendant Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 then why use bing, why cant microsoft have there own search program to search xbox related topics? Bing is their own search engine. Their idea is why make a new program when they could use one that already exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snipeside Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 It's possible that you might not need to pay for one entire package. We might end up having to pay 5$ separately from the Gold membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTz KeeFy Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 It's possible that you might not need to pay for one entire package. We might end up having to pay 5$ separately from the Gold membership. Spectral jester has already stated the answer in the second post of this thread. It's absolutely free for xbl gold members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 You'll be able to download the new Xbox 360 Dashboard update from December 6th, with more content and applications planned for the holiday months, including new customised apps for TV, film, internet and music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snipeside Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 Spectral jester has already stated the answer in the second post of this thread. It's absolutely free for xbl gold members. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam91 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 It been delayed again? *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectral Jester Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 It been delayed again? *sigh* Its Microsoft what did you expect? LolAt least this date is set in stone-ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 how do you have the beta guys? Is it still avaiable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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