Support for massive external hard drives over 16TB is coming to Xbox, here's everything you need to know
Support for larger external hard drives is coming to Xbox, with the feature currently available as part of the latest Xbox Update Preview for Xbox Insider members.
Xbox beta tests support for massive amounts of external storage
Xbox has a new beta software update rolling out today for Insiders in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring that enables Series X and S systems to support much larger external hard disks. Previously, the Xbox could only support up to 16TB of space on a single USB-connected drive.
Microsoft has added support for a ridiculous amount of storage for Xbox users, but it's content creators who should be taking note
TB hard drives are now compatible with the Xbox Series X - but it's going to be content creators who benefit the most.
Xbox Can Now Support External USB Drives Larger Than 16TB
According to Microsoft, "Newly formatted drives that are larger than 16TB will be formatted with multiple partitions to utilize all available space for games and apps. These will appear as multiple devices in the storage devices list".
Xbox consoles will soon support external drives over 16TB
Your Xbox console is about to get a lot more storage options thanks to a system update that enables external drives over 16TB.
Xbox adding support for larger external storage beyond current limit
The addition of support for bigger external USB storage has been confirmed for Xbox Insiders, as part of a system software update rolling out now to public testers in the Alpha Skip-Ahead ring. As ever, this new feature will slowly filter out to larger testing groups before its widespread public release, typically over the next couple of weeks.
Xbox greatly expands storage options to more than 16TB, but doesn't address the biggest issue
However, as that applies to external storage only, it doesn't really affect your Xbox Series X/S games, as they can't be run from an external drive. The Verge reports that new bet
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