As the headline states, Microsoft announced overnight that the new Xbox 360 dashboard, one designed to bring the company's user interfaces on console, PC and mobile phone closer together, will be out on December 6.

Aside from looking nicer, the new dash also has better (read: more deeply-integrated) voice recognition for Kinect users, while it'll also be the same day new apps for things like movies and TV roll out worldwide.

The dash is currently in beta. Who knows, many of you are probably using it right now.

http://kotaku.com/5861730/new-xbox-dashboard-launches-on-december-6

How do I sin up for the beta? Does anyone know?

You cannot sign up anymore.

That sucks, although I only have to wait just over a week.

Two weeks to go then! I'm really, really looking forward to getting proper Kinect menu integration!

Damn it's taken them an awful long time to roll it out.

Hopefully this will mean that the youtube/bbc/other TV apps will appear. They have been sadly lacking so far in the beta.

i was hoping sooner but whatever as long as it comes with what was promised.

We're finally getting YouTube? :D

http://majornelson.com/2011/10/05/xbox-360-teams-up-with-entertainment-leaders-to-transform-tv/


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