The big news to come out of Xbox's Insider Program last week was that Discord integration is officially on the way. The upcoming Xbox OS update will be packing some other major improvements too, including a much faster boot time. 

Microsoft made some improvements to boot time over the course of the Xbox One's life and with the Xbox Series X/S making the jump to the latest M.2 SSD technology, load-up times for consoles were improved even further. Still, there was some room for further optimisation, with the Xbox team shaving off another five seconds or so for the initial boot.

As shown in The Verge's side by side comparison, since launch, the Xbox Series X has taken just over 12 seconds to go from completely powered off to fully booted. With the new update, currently being tested by Xbox Insider members, the boot time has been reduced further to a little over 8 seconds.

Those who keep their console in energy saver mode will benefit from this, as they are fully power cycling their console each time they switch it off and on. Those using the standby power mode won't see the boot screen at all, as their console is simply in sleep mode.

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KitGuru Says: Energy saver mode is the default for Xbox Series X/S, so keeping the initial boot time low is important. If the system boot takes too long, many will go to their settings and change it, which in turn uses up more power. 

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