Microsoft is bringing again Twitch streaming integration immediately into the Xbox dashboard. Twitch first appeared immediately built-in into the Xbox One dashboard in 2014, utilizing the unique Snap interface to permit gamers to stream on to the service. Now it’s coming again into the Xbox Guide interface, with comparable integration and webcam help.

Alpha and Skip-Ahead alpha Xbox testers can access the new integration proper now, and it’s easy to make use of. You can regulate sport quantity or microphone quantity, embody get together audio from pals, and see an inventory of viewers and the way lengthy you’ve been streaming with an overlay on high of your video games.

The Twitch integration additionally consists of the flexibility to modify decision and bitrates from 360p at 500kbps as much as 1080p at 6500kbps. Microsoft can be supporting USB webcams, and most plug-and-play ones ought to work as a digital camera choice for Twitch streaming.

Twitch has had Xbox streaming help inside its personal app, however integration into the dashboard is a welcome return after Microsoft eliminated its Snap function and Twitch integration in 2017. We’re anticipating this new Twitch integration to be broadly launched within the coming months, as soon as Microsoft has totally examined it with Xbox testers.