The Xbox One home console will celebrate its first birthday later this month, and Microsoft decided to outline some of the most important additions to the device since its release.

Microsoft published the list of changes and updates made to the Xbox One on Major Nelson's blog, showing the impressive number of features added at the request of the community.

The Xbox One might have had a rough launch and might be struggling to catch up to the PlayStation 4 in terms of sales, but one area where Microsoft has not let its users down is when it comes to firmware updates.

The impressive list shows the hundreds of tweaks, features added and changes made since November 22, 2013, when the device was first released.
A great number of updates in the Xbox One's first year

The company listed the most important features that have been added to the home console, among the highlights being custom backgrounds, one of the most requested additions, the new friends section, the achievements tracking app, updates to snap mode apps, the ability to make remote purchases and download them to the device and many, many others.

The latest firmware patches improved the snap feature for many of the Xbox One's apps, also adding DLNA and MKV support for the Media Player, and a handy function that makes the controller vibrate remotely, so you can more easily locate it when you don't know where it went.

The November update added custom backgrounds, a feature which has been among the top requests from the community, as well as leaderboards, SmartGlass and Internet browsing improvements.

Many things to come over the course of 2015

Microsoft also pledged to continue releasing relevant monthly updates in 2015 too, adding the most requested features to the Xbox One, and listening to fan feedback to see how the home console experience could be improved.

If you want to see the full list of updates, from February to November, you can head over to Major Nelson's blog and marvel at the hundreds of additions and improvements made over the course of the year.

In case you would like to contribute to the development of the console's software, you can head over to the Xbox One feedback website (also pioneered this year) and submit your own ideas, or vote on other people's suggestions that you may find worthwhile.

"We can't thank you enough for your continued feedback and working with us to make Xbox One even better," the post concluded.