“Hidden” 1080p Xbox streaming officially launches on Windows 10 [Updated]

Update (Aug. 18): Microsoft has announced through Major Nelson's blog that the previously hidden "very high quality" 1080p streaming feature will officially launch through an Xbox app update rolling out today. Our own tests found the new setting greatly improves the streaming experience, provided you have an in-home Internet setup that can handle it. The app update also includes some interface improvements that make it easier to interact with friends and add outside games to the app.

Original story (Aug. 13)

In reviewing Windows 10's new "Streaming from Xbox 10" feature, Ars' Sam Machkovech complained that "streamed Xbox One games look significantly worse through Windows 10, even at the highest-quality setting." Apparently, though, Sam wasn't actually testing the "highest quality" setting available in the streaming app. That's because there's a newly uncovered "very high quality" option that can be unlocked by tinkering with some of the Xbox app's configuration files.