New Switch Update Adds Data Transfer and Video Transfer Support

Posted by at 10:45 am on October 19, 2017

Nintendo has released a big new update for the Nintendo Switch. Update 4.0.0 adds a number of notable and welcome features, perhaps the biggest of which are video capture support and the ability to transfer data to a new system.

With the update applied, you can hold down the Capture button and this will record the previous 30 seconds, saving to your album. You can then edit your video and share it to Facebook and Twitter. Supported games include The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Arms, and Splatoon 2. This feature is not working yet for Mario Kart 8. An message in the Switch’s news channel says the feature is supported at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe version 1.3.0, but the current version is 1.2.1. So it sounds like the feature will be unlocked later in the racing game. Nintendo also says “many more games” will add support for video capture in the future.

The other major new feature in the 4.0 update is the ability to transfer user and save data to another Switch. You must have the 4.0 update to do this. And it sounds like this is a permanent migration, so be aware of that. “Once the process is complete, the user information, the associated save data, and the software purchased with the user account that is transferred will no longer be available on the source console,” reads a line from Nintendo’s explanation. Complete instructions on how to perform the data transfer can be found here on Nintendo’s Support site.

Additionally, today’s Switch update adds a number of new user icons for Super Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild, giving users even more customisation options. Another new feature is the ability to pre-buy and pre-load “certain games” from the eShop. This follows a previous update that added a new eShop tab for games that are on sale.

The new Switch 4.0 update also gives the News feed a new look and a new feature that removes a particular channel’s content from the feed when you unfollow the channel. Another nice, behind-the-scenes feature in this update is “Match Version with Local Users.” As its name suggests, this feature updates everyone’s games to their latest versions, which sounds handy for people who multiple profiles installed on one system.

Finally, the patch makes a change to wireless connectivity. Networks that use TKIP security will now show up as grayed-out instead of being totally hidden.

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