The
Xbox 360 system software or the
Xbox 360 Dashboard is the updateable software and
operating system for the
Xbox 360. It resides on a 16
MB file system and has access to a maximum of 32 MB of the system's memory. The updates can be downloaded from the
Xbox Live service directly to the Xbox 360 and subsequently installed.
Microsoft has also provided the ability to download system software updates from their respective official Xbox website to their PCs and then storage media, from which the update can be installed to the system.