Windows 11 gets some much-needed HDR improvements

Microsoft is rolling retired a monthly update to Windows 11 that includes immoderate important updates to HDR enactment successful the operating system. The updates let you to support HDR disabled crossed the full of Windows, but inactive watercourse HDR video successful each its glory, alongside much power implicit Dolby Vision.

The latest KB5058499 update is disposable to each Windows 11 users close present if you’ve enabled the “get the latest updates arsenic soon arsenic they’re available” enactment successful Windows Update. Once it’s installed, you tin present toggle the quality to watercourse HDR video enactment adjacent erstwhile HDR is disabled successful Windows, allowing you to presumption HDR contented from apps similar Netflix oregon websites similar YouTube without having to alteration HDR passim Windows.

Microsoft is besides updating Windows 11’s HDR enactment to let you to independently toggle Dolby Vision enactment successful contented oregon passim Windows. Dolby Vision utilized to beryllium forced connected wrong Windows if you enabled it connected your monitor, truthful it’s bully to person the enactment to beryllium capable to toggle it connected oregon off.

These caller options are large for radical who simply disable HDR successful Windows due to the fact that of its patchy support. I personally disable HDR successful Windows and usage the keyboard shortcut (Windows Key + Alt + B) to alteration it successful games that decently enactment it, simply due to the fact that I trust connected a assortment of contented seizure tools for screenshots and surface signaling that nutrient a washed retired representation due to the fact that they don’t decently enactment HDR oregon supply a mode to seizure idiosyncratic SDR content.

While HDR enactment successful Windows has improved implicit the past twelvemonth acknowledgment to the latest batch of OLED monitors, I’d inactive similar to spot crippled developers and Microsoft instrumentality HDR much seriously. Auto HDR is large for games, but it’s inactive a truly fiddly and manual process to get HDR to enactment good crossed a assortment of apps and games successful Windows.