Xbox One users can once again stream to Twitch from their dashboard. This was announced by Xbox Live head of product Phil Spencer during a keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. The new feature is available as a toggle in the Xbox One’s settings, and will work with any Twitch account that is connected to the console. It’s not clear how long this feature will be available for, but it should be back up and running within minutes.
Microsoft used to have Twitch streaming on the dashboard in 2014, but the feature went away when the company got rid of its Snap interface in 2017. For dedicated streamers, the Twitch app on Xbox still supported streaming, but with the new update, all Xbox consoles can start streaming right from the dashboard quickly and easily.
Streaming on Twitch will now appear in the Capture and Share tab of the Xbox Guide on Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X consoles starting today. You can stream with both your headset and webcam, so you can create a reasonably professional broadcast. There are also options for messing with game or mic audio levels, controlling whether your friends’ audio plays in the stream, and even the ability to adjust the bitrate.
Obviously, you’ll need to link your Twitch account to your Xbox if you want to stream, but the process is quick and painless.
It’ll be interesting to see if more people decide to dabble in the world of Twitch streaming now that there’s an easy way to do it right from the Xbox again.
