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Microsoft is testing a new Xbox download system that could speed up game installs on the Xbox PC app and on Xbox consoles. Spotted by Tom Warren, a senior correspondent at The Verge, the update uses a “smart download client” that checks available servers and selects the fastest route for downloads. Best of all, to…

Microsoft has begun testing a new Smart Download Client designed to fix one of the most persistent complaints among Xbox users: downloads that fail to take full advantage of a fast internet connection.

TL;DR: Microsoft is piloting a smart download client in an Xbox OS preview (XB_FLT_2608GE26100.9400.260719-2200) that tests available content servers, measures connection speeds, and switches to the fastest server during installs and updates to shorten download and install times; the feature is currently limited to Alpha Skip-Ahead insiders. Voice: DefaultSpeed 0:00 / 2:12 Use left and…

Microsoft just dropped theber it, but it was a piece of software released in 1996, dreamed up by DJ Kurlander at Microsoft Research, that displayed your IRC conversations as an auto-generated comic strip – characters, speech bubbles, and panel layout all handled automatically