Xbox One to get custom dashboard themes and more

Microsoft will soon be updating the Xbox One so that it has custom dashboard themes, backgrounds and a screenshot function.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer said all these features would be arriving through downloadable updates, however firm dates are being kept under wraps for now.

"I was told themes and background pics are something that we are working on and screenshots, you know people beat me up on screenshots," Spencer said on the Inner Circle podcast.

"The team has done a great job with the monthly updates, some of the things are just a prioritisation and are a time in development.

"But I know that people like to customise the look of their dash. And I think both themes, backgrounds and screenshots are things I know people want so we are going to deliver on them. But we can''t give a when yet."

Xbox One owners might have to wait a little while, then, but this month''s console update will have enhancements for Snap mode, achievements, the friend''s section and SmartGlass.