Xbox First Console Ever to Offer New Feature

In addition to hiding game imagery when picking tiles on the home screen and using the Google Home app as a touch remote control, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One consoles now provide carbon-aware game downloads and upgrades for the more environmentally-concerned players.

“Xbox is now the first console to deliver carbon-aware game downloads and upgrades,” the company claims.

“When your console is plugged in and connected to the internet, and regional carbon intensity data is available, Xbox will schedule game, app, and OS updates for your console at specific times during the nightly maintenance window, which may result in lower carbon emissions because a greater proportion of electricity on the electric grid is coming from lower-carbon sources.

All of this, of course, is optional and may be changed in the console settings.

“As compared to the Sleep power option, Shutdown (energy conservation) reduces power consumption by up to 20x.

We will save an equal amount of carbon eliminated by one tree planted and cultivated for a decade for every two consoles that switch to Shutdown (energy conservation) for one year.