Microsoft is planning to automatically add HDR support to more than 1,000 PC games. The software maker is now testing a new Auto HDR feature on Windows 10, which works just like it does on the latest Xbox Series S and X consoles. Enabling Auto HDR will add high dynamic range (HDR) to a large number of DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games, as long as you have a compatible HDR monitor.
Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X and S consoles have a brand new technology called Auto HDR that brings HDR-quality enhancement to older games that were never made with HDR in mind.
Auto HDR is only available to Windows Insiders, so you’ll need to sign up to try this new Windows feature. Head to the Windows Insider website here to join and then take a gander at the Auto HDR dev blog here for instructions on how to enable the system for gaming. Note that this is still technically a beta feature, so it might not work for every game ever made on DirectX 11 or DirectX 12.
Windows 10 will soon include custom backgrounds for each Virtual Desktop, with the ability to easily reorder desktops. Microsoft is also adding additional padding between elements in File Explorer. There’s a compact mode now with the classic File Explorer mode, and the new view is a little more touch-optimized.
