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Microsoft and LG Team Up to Help You Play Xbox in Your Car (Not While Driving, Please)

Long road trips soon might be a lot more fun for back-seat passengers.

If you just can’t get enough Xbox, take heart. Soon, you may be able to play even in your car. (Not while driving, duh, this is a passenger-aimed perk.) Thanks to a partnership between Microsoft and LG, you can access Xbox Cloud Gaming on internet-connected vehicles.

The vehicles must have LG’s Automotive Content Platform, and a new app will soon appear there to play cloud versions of Xbox games on in-car screens. Access will be available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers, and some of the more popular titles include Gears of War: Reloaded, Forza Horizon 5 and upcoming releases like Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds 2.

ACP is currently available in Europe on the Kia EV3 and will soon be available on the EV4, EV5 and Sportage models. The tech behind it is LG’s WebOS platform, which also powers its smart TVs and enables streaming platforms such as YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Disney Plus and others.

«Our work with LG is the latest example of Xbox expanding to new places, building on partnerships that already bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to mobile devices, PCs and TVs,» Xbox Marketing Vice President Christopher Lee said in a press release. «By adding vehicles to the mix, we’re giving players more choice than ever in how they enjoy their games.»

A representative for LG did not immediately respond to CNET’s request for comment.

Xbox specifies that «all services operate in compliance with driving safety regulations» — naturally, you can’t play while driving. Only passengers in back seats can use their infotainment system screens to play.

First, connect to a compatible Bluetooth controller, then launch the Xbox app from your internet-connected in-vehicle infotainment system. Finally, log in to your Xbox Game Pass subscription and play.

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Claude Can Now Spin Up Spreadsheets, Reports and Slide Decks Directly in Chat

The latest feature is currently in preview for Claude Max, Team and Enterprise customers.

Anthropic is pushing Claude further beyond text-based answers. The AI chatbot can now generate and edit files, including Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs, directly inside Claude.ai and its desktop app. This update will allow Claude to deliver finished, professional files instead of just copy-pasted text.

The feature is currently in preview for Claude Max, Team and Enterprise customers. Pro users will get access in the coming weeks.

Read also: Claude AI Can Now End Conversations It Deems Harmful or Abusive

What this update brings to Claude 

Users can now drop in raw data and get back a spreadsheet with formulas, charts and a written summary. Meeting notes can become a polished report or slide presentation. Claude can transform data into slides or a stack of invoices into a spreadsheet. Claude can reportedly build complex assets like financial models or project trackers from scratch, too.

The new functionality is powered by a secure computing environment that lets Claude write code and run programs in the background to assemble files. Anthropic positions the update as a way to shorten the distance between ideas and deliverables. Instead of spending hours cleaning data or formatting documents, customers would use Claude to handle the execution while they focus on strategy and decision-making.

Don’t use sensitive data

There’s an important caveat. Claude connects to the internet while creating and analyzing files, so companies and employees should be cautious about feeding the AI platform sensitive data.

How to get started with Claude’s new file creation feature

  • Turn on «Upgraded file creation and analysis» in Settings > Features > Experimental.
  • Upload the files you want Claude to work with or describe your request in the chat.
  • Collaborate with Claude by giving instructions and refining the output step-by-step.

You can download the results from there or push them straight into Google Drive.

Read also: Claude for Chrome Extension Bakes AI Right Into the Browser

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