Microsoft will enable support for Dolby Digital surround sound with the next Xbox One patch, due out in March.

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Presently, the console's optical-out port only supports two-channel stereo sound. The new patch should make the Xbox One compatible with surround-sound headsets from third-party manufacturers.The omission of the 5.1 surround sound feature upon launch was a bit strange, given that both Microsoft's and Sony's consoles have had 5.1 optical sound support since the Xbox era; Microsoft's director of product planning, Albert Penello, had said previous to launch that this was due to a " [software] scheduling issue ," but that support would eventually be implemented post-launch.The audio upgrade joins a whole bunch of other features coming with the March update . This update will focus primarily on strengthening multiplayer and social options such as Twitch broadcasting to help prep players for the release of Titanfall on March 11 Xbox recently began choosing users to help test patches before their implementation, beginning with this March update. If you're one of those testers, let us know what you think of the new update in the comments!

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