{"id":553070,"date":"2023-02-16T19:26:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/xbox-software-update-aims-to-save-money-on-your-power-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T19:26:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:26:39","slug":"xbox-software-update-aims-to-save-money-on-your-power-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/xbox-software-update-aims-to-save-money-on-your-power-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Xbox Software Update Aims to Save Money on Your Power Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a326c847d0aa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a326c847d0aa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/xbox-software-update-aims-to-save-money-on-your-power-bill\/#%E2%80%9CXbox_Software_Update_Aims_to_Save_Money_on_Your_Power_Bill%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Xbox Software Update Aims to Save Money on Your Power Bill&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CXbox_Software_Update_Aims_to_Save_Money_on_Your_Power_Bill%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Xbox Software Update Aims to Save Money on Your Power Bill&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"post-873338\">\n<div class=\"entry-content e-content\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-872597\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xbox-Series-X-2.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Xbox Series X\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1078\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Corbin Davenport \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most modern <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> consoles have some level of always-on functionality, allowing them to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> critical game and software updates in the background. Microsoft is rolling out an Xbox update that aims to make always-on connectivity less expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft announced in January that the Xbox would be the first \u201ccarbon aware\u201d game console, which led to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23571706\/xbox-ted-cruz-woke-power-saving\">a brief media frenzy<\/a> about Microsoft supposedly making its own game consoles worse in the name of saving the environment. Rest assured, your Xbox is not getting worse \u2014 in fact, you probably won\u2019t tell a difference, and the update could even save you a bit of money on your power bill.<\/p>\n<p>The new update improves the \u201cShutdown (energy saving)\u201d mode on Xbox consoles, which already keeps your console powered off most of the time, and only spins back up to occasionally check for updates. If the console is connected to the internet and regional carbon intensity data is available, the Xbox will now schedule its wake-up times for when \u201ca higher proportion of electricity is coming from lower-carbon sources on the electric grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft says the new functionality should help reduce carbon emissions in power grids, and could reduce your power bill, depending on your location and where most of your power comes from. The blog post explains, \u201cFor every two consoles that switch to Shutdown (energy saving) for one year, we will save the equivalent amount of carbon removed by one tree planted and grown for a decade. This is based on an average of Xbox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> X|S and Xbox One consoles on Shutdown (energy saving) for 20 hours per day for 1 year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same update also introduces an option to hide game art when selecting tiles on the Home screen. You\u2019ll also be able to control Xbox consoles from the Google Home app, much like smart TVs or Chromecasts, in addition to the Google Assistant commands that were already available.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=e7eab128eb8d1c53e14db14f4c632447&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.xbox.com%2Fen-us%2F2023%2F02%2F15%2Fxbox-february-update-out-now%2F&amp;cuid=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=vg\">Xbox News<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><br \/>\n<!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Microsoft is rolling out an Xbox update that aims to make always-on connectivity less expensive. 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