Facebook and Twitter now available on Xbox 360, PS3 getting in on the act too

Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm are now available on Xbox 360’s dashboard, and there’s no need for any update to get your mitts on them.

We first heard about the Xbox 360 social network integration at E3 earlier in the year, and now it’s here, confirmed by Microsoft’s Major Nelson on Twitter as needing no system update to get started.

Any Xbox user wanting to try it out will simply need to turn on their machine and they’ll see the new entries ready and waiting to be used, alongside a new Zune-branded download portal.

Not wanting to be left out of the loop, Sony has wasted no time in announcing its own firmware update 3.10 which will bring Facebook to the XMB.

PlayStation gamers will also have the chance to link up their PSN and Facebook accounts for automatic trophy and PSN updates.

Will you use social networks through your console, or have you tried them out already? Let us know what you think the updates below.

Via: MCV

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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