Xbox Live's "Major Nelson" has confirmed that the Xbox 360 Spring Dashboard Update will go live this morning at approximately 10am in the UK.

In addition to Live Messenger support the update includes the following features:

* On-screen pop-ups that immediately display the name and gamerscore value of a just accomplished Achievement, allowing gamers to see their progress without leaving or pausing the game.
* An even safer way to communicate through Xbox LIVE with enhanced family settings that enable different default settings for video chat and voice chat.
* A new, standalone Xbox LIVE Marketplace blade houses all Xbox LIVE Marketplace content in one easy to navigate space. * Xbox LIVE Arcade enhancements that showcase what games friends are playing directly from the friends list. Boasting about high scores, comparing progress and checking out leaderboards are all easier now as well.
* Faster access to free, trial version of Xbox LIVE Arcade games through an improved Auto Downloads feature.
* The ability to fast-forward, pause and rewind video as it is being downloaded on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
* Owners can now set their consoles to turn off after downloading content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace to help save energy, and download speeds have been increased.