Microsoft’s new Xbox update speeds up downloads by suspending games
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft is rolling out a new Xbox April dashboard update today that will improve the way games are downloaded. A new feature will now let Xbox owners suspend games to speed up download speeds. Currently, Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S systems throttle game updates and new game downloads if another game is active.
This new suspend option can be coupled with Quick Resume on the Xbox Series X / S to quickly pause a game, download game updates, or download a new game altogether and then resume the suspended game later. It's a much cleaner option than having to manually quit a game or app to ensure download speeds aren't getting throttled.
The new suspend option.Alongside this new dashboard option, Microsoft is finally...