Xbox One dashboard update revealed – all the new features and how to get them

You'll soon be able to create your own custom groups of games and apps, and display your collections right on your dashboard.

These will save to your Xbox Live account, and so should appear on any console you log in to.

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As part of the update, , some users will also get the ability to show off particular in-game stats with their friends.

Search is getting better too, with the ability to jump into it anywhere in the dashboard on the way. A tap on 'Y' from any dashboard screen will bring up the new search interface, which will also display more results.

Another important quality of life improvement for those who want to play in multiple locations -- students going home during the summer for instance -- will now be able to save multiple wi-fi passwords rather than simply one network.

Families who share an Xbox One also have something to look forward to: new features "will allow for the right experience for child accounts," according to Microsoft.

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Narrator is getting a boost too, with Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Portuguese options all on the way.

The updated features are only available to Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring members for now, but are likely to be rolled out across all users in some form at a later date.

Can't wait? The preview builds are open to top-tier members of the Xbox Insider programme, which anyone can join.

To do so, download the app from My Games and Apps on your Xbox One dashboard. That gets you 'Omega' access, which provides you with the ability to preview a number of features which are almost ready for prime time.

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If you want bleeding edge updates, there are a few more hoops you need to jump through.

To get through the Delta and Beta levels, you need to provide regular feedback on what you're testing, filling in polls about your experiences, and answering survey questions. Keep on doing that regularly and after a month you should hit Delta, with Beta coming two months after that.

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Reaching Alpha then requires a bit of luck, however.

Keep providing regular high-quality feedback once you hit Beta, and should eventually get an invite to the famed Alpha Ring -- but unlike Delta and Beta, there is no set threshold that guarantees an invite.

By the time you reach the hallowed ground of Alpha, expect to be bombarded with a veritable barrage of updates to test. Microsoft says that you should get something new every couple of days, which requires downloads of up to 80GB a month.