Microsoft details Xbox One's matchmaking system Smart Match

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Microsoft has revealed several details about how Xbox One's matchmaking system, Smart Match, will improve the generally tedious process of getting a multiplayer game going.
Its most notably improvement is that it lets you leave the lobby while it searches for a match. "With Smart Match, you can do whatever you want while Xbox One finds your perfect match," noted Xbox Live senior product marketing manager Mike Lavin on the official Microsoft Blog. This means you can play one game while Smart Match sets up another - a bit like Disneyland's Flash Pass system. Additionally, you can watch TV, browse the internet, or muck about with various apps while your match is being set up.
Better yet, Smart Match will notify you when a game is ready, so you don't need to keep flipping back to some lobby, anxiously awaiting a match that may take several more minutes to get set up. "Once Xbox One is done finding your perfect match, it will prompt you with a simple toast - no matter where you are or what you're doing - so you can jump straight into playing," Lavin explained.
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