Microsoft is proving to be one of the few companies, if not the only one, that listens to user recommendations and suggestions. For example, the Outlook app for mobile devices includes an option that allows users to send their suggestions or recommendations for the company to consider.
This time we're not talking about Outlook, but about the Xbox Live service. A while back, Microsoft received a tweet that, over time, has finally become an announcement: Xbox Live will soon add avatars in wheelchairs , as confirmed by Phil Spencer, one of the people in charge of the Xbox Live service.
We have listened to you. This is something we've already taken into account, and it won't take long.
Alongside this tweet, we can see two images of the avatars, posted by his colleague Mike Ybarra, that the company is working on in response to requests from several users. Currently, all video game platforms have players of all kinds, and of course, many of them identify as wheelchair users.
And in this sense, these types of players would like to be able to express their situation through an avatar that includes this element , and Microsoft wanted to make this gesture to Xbox owners. In this way, any wheelchair user can fully customize their avatar.
Apple recently unveiled the third version of watchOS 3, in which the Cupertino-based company has added a new fitness tracker that will allow wheelchair users to monitor their exercise at all times . This new feature will arrive on the Apple Watch in September in conjunction with iOS 10 for the iPhone.