

As an Xbox Live Gold member you can designate your Xbox One with Home Gold, so anyone in your home can enjoy many Gold benefits (digital games, multiplayer gaming, access to apps) on that console at no additional cost even if you are not home or logged in. But many of the Xbox One’s Family Sharing features still look to be in place. Since Xbox One isn’t compatible with Xbox 360 games, your library of digital Xbox 360 games won’t transfer over. The friends you add while on Xbox One only appear on Xbox One and would need to be added separately on Xbox 360 if you wanted to see them there. Log into your profile on either system and you’ll see your Achievements and friends. Your Xbox 360 friends list transfers to your Xbox One every time you log in. However, you can send text messages between Xbox Live members on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. This means chat and cross-generation multiplayer will not be available. Because Xbox One and the new services of Xbox Live were designed to power next generation experiences, they’re not compatible with Xbox 360. And no, you can’t chat or play cooperatively or against your profile in the same game online with the two different consoles. You can freely roam across any number of Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles in your home, but you can’t sign into two Xbox One consoles or two Xbox 360 consoles at the same time using the same profile. You can also be simultaneously logged-in on an Xbox One and an Xbox 360 using the same Xbox Live account. The same profile will work on both consoles. Signing into your Microsoft account associated with your Gamertag will show your profile whether it’s for games on Xbox One or Xbox 360. But your Xbox Live profile is much more fluid now. You’ll be able to bring your Gamertag from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One, just like you could bring it from the Xbox to the Xbox 360.
