Latest Xbox One update delivers on Microsoft’s promise to highlight power options during startup

The Xbox One is about to start acting a little bit more energy-conscious.

Microsoft is updating the Xbox One with new features, and that includes a new option that will ask people setting up their system for the first time if they want to use an energy-saving mode. Previously, the first time you booted up an Xbox One, the console would automatically default to the instant-on mode that lets you power it up with your voice. The Natural Resource Defense Council criticized this and said that failing to present this option up front was causing the Xbox One owners to waste millions of dollars in energy every year. Microsoft said it would do something about that, and now it has. This new option is in addition to several other new upgrades to the Xbox One.