External storage confirmed for Xbox One June Update

External storage confirmed for Xbox One June Update

External Storage, which was all but confirmed earlier this week, and Real Names are coming with the Xbox One System Update in June.

A system update for Xbox One will add a handful of new features, including support for external hard drives and the option to display Xbox Live friends' real names, to the console this June, Microsoft announced today.

The June system update will allow Xbox One owners to connect a hard drive (256 GB or larger) via USB 3.0 and store games, add-ons and apps on it. Xbox One owners will be able to copy full games and associated downloadable content to an external drive, then play that content on another console. Users will have to verify ownership of the content by signing in to their Xbox Live account or by having a disc in the system's optical drive.

Next month's update will also add real name support to the Xbox Live friends list. Rather than rely on Xbox Live Gamertags, Xbox One owners will be able to view and share their real names. Microsoft said Xbox One owners will be able to share real names "with all your friends, a subset of your choosing, friends of friends or none at all." Real names don't display in games, and "you can change your settings any time from your profile and when adding new friends."