Got in. Used a link from here though: http://majornelson.com/2012/07/26/20...now-available/

Yeah, Major Nelson's link worked for me as well.

Supposedly it is limited to a certain total number of people. I'm not sure if they disqualify anyone based on the answers to the questions though.

In the past I haven't signed up for these, then in one of them they gave out a free game so I'm in just in case.

I signed up from my phone at lunch with no issues from the link MN tweeted.

I'm a sucker for things like this even if I hated the frequency of updates in the past and I rarely turn the thing on anymore. Ironically, all this will do is piss me off when I want to play Borderlands 2 or Assassin's Creed 3.

Halo: Reach. I got in, but it was the one time I was too busy to try out anything in the beta. I think they wanted you to play a certain number of hours to test out the disc. I never even tried the Halo disc.

Yeah, that was the one year I said "meh, not doing it this time."

Oh, apparently they received a flood of applications and the beta sign-up is now closed. I got in before that, though.

First time missing it in years. I should be fine, I think.

Yeah, they're probably just making room for more ads.

I did one beta, and swore to never do it again. The constant updates were too slow and a pain in my anus.

I'm very thankful that I signed up for the beta. I really had no issues with the newest version of the dashboard when it was first released but since then navigating menus and selecting items has become a huge chore and it at times takes 1-2 minutes to load up games or NetFlix. The update this morning makes everything run just like it used to. I just hope it stays this smooth.

Anyone know how you download the update to a second console? The 25 digit code shows as already redeemed (which it was) and there's no Download History like there is on the PS3, so I don't know how to download the app onto my second console.

When did they remove download history? It used to be under your profile.

Kincect Avatar prop codes for anyone that cares:

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I grabbed the second, thanks.


Maybe I just couldn't find it. I'll check there tonight. Thanks.

I think you have to go to Social, then your Profile from there. I think it's obvious once you're in there, but it's been a while since I've looked.

Used the first one. Thanks!

Go to Settings -> Account -> Download History

I'd like to discuss this more, but since there's an NDA I'll just say that I was surprised the update is already live and fully functional. I was expecting at least a month before we saw any changes.

Wait, so it no longer takes 2-3 minutes of black screens to load Netflix?? Finally!
What about 2-3 minutes, or never, to load "storage" under system settings, or pretty much anything else for that matter?

I can't even run the beta app. Keep getting "cannot connect with Live servers" error.

Yeah, that was it. Thanks

I felt the same way and was stunned when I was prompted to update. I can deal with a few ads on the dash as long as the damn thing is functional.

I'm still having troubles running the beta(so I haven't seen it) but apparently I wasn't too far off the mark with the above comment.

No, it was surprisingly prescient. Actually, that was my first thought upon starting up the new dash last night.