Xbox updates eating my hotspot

Discus and support Xbox updates eating my hotspot in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; I have to game on a hotspot so downloads are already pretty limited. Recently every time I’ve had a system update it uses way more data than what it... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by natiinky, Nov 9, 2022.

  1. natiinky
    natiinky Guest

    Xbox updates eating my hotspot


    I have to game on a hotspot so downloads are already pretty limited. Recently every time I’ve had a system update it uses way more data than what it says. My last update was 600mb but ended up using 5gb of my hotspot. I have background downloads and automatic updates turned off so it’s not a game updating in the background.

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    natiinky, Nov 9, 2022
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  2. JosefLBohorquez Win User

    Xbox updates eating my hotspot

    I see, this is odd. Exists the possibility that your Xbox downloaded something else in the background.
    But right now there is no way to enable something like a limited network on Xbox (like Windows) so is not possible to limit or restrict the network use :c

    But that could be a good feature, if you want you can try suggesting this here:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxinsiders/wiki/ideas
  3. JosefLBohorquez Win User

    Xbox updates eating my hotspot

    Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
    I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

    Hope you're doing great today despite this Natiinky

    Do you have a way to track all the packages downloaded in your mobile phone?
    It’s hard to determine if the Xbox really ended to use all that data. Or if maybe was something else
  4. natiinky Win User

    Xbox updates eating my hotspot

    Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
    I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

    Hope you're doing great today despite this

    Do you have a way to track all the packages downloaded in your mobile phone?
    It’s hard to determine if the Xbox really ended to use all that data. Or if maybe was something else
    I don’t think I have a way to see exactly what is being downloaded but I can see how much is being used and my hotspot is only connected to my Xbox.
  5. Lady Nataleigh Win User

    Xbox one

    If your Xbox can connect to your Hotspot, the game should download. Do be warned though that if you're using a Mobile Hotspot, downloading games can eat through your data.
  6. ChangingSafe183 Win User

    Hotspot connect?

    I've been using my mobile hotspot to connect to xbox live and watch Netflix and YouTube through the TV apps on Xbox.Today my phone had a software update and now my Xbox won't connect to my hotspot anymore. Any ideas?
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