A new firmware update for the Xbox 360 console is now live, and will be available to download via the Xbox LIVE online network throughout today. UK gamers are already reporting the delivery of the update, though it may take some time for the latest patch to propagate across the network globally.
The update itself is a very small infrastructure addition. No visible changes are made to the console’s features or its dashboard, instead the update is simply in preparation for other forthcoming additions: most notably, the dashboard redesign intended to arrive next month. This later revision will bring the Xbox 360 dashboard much closer to the presentation of Windows Phone 7, with the tile system and Bing search at the core of the firmware.
Today’s launch is a very simple update that takes only moments to complete.
Subject: Xbox 360 Firmware Update Now Live 
Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:06 am