Microsoft brings auto HDR function to Windows 10

by ddos ·

Recently, Microsoft launched Windows 10 Insider Preview Build with many new features and improvements. In view of the fact that there are many new functions and improvements, this article mainly focuses on automatic HDR-related functions.

High dynamic range technology provides impressive improvements to the visual experience. This feature unlocks a new range of colors to bring the picture to life.

Last fall, Microsoft took the lead in bringing the automatic HDR function to Xbox, allowing compatible games to automatically upgrade to HDR from SDR, providing players with a rich visual experience.

Now, this feature has also arrived in the Windows 10 Insider Preview version. Starting with the Build 21337 version released, the automatic HDR function can be enabled on the PC.

Enabling this function will help display the light and shade in a digital scene in more detail. HDR color and brightness can provide an immersive feeling in video games.

For example, you can see real shadows instead of dark details, and bright sunlight will have a radiant effect, warmer yellows instead of saturated whites.

Although many games currently support this feature, the auto HDR feature provides HDR support for supported DX11 and DX12 SDR-only games.

Therefore, Microsoft strongly recommends that players enable this feature on supported monitors. For the specific effect, you can see the comparison in the figure below: The game is “Gears 5”

To enable this function, your monitor hardware needs to support the HDR function. If the monitor itself does not support the HDR function, you cannot enable and use this function.

If the monitor already supports it, the user needs to update to Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21337, and then go to the display settings of Windows 10 settings.

Enabling

  1. Open Settings then go to System->Display
  2. Click the Windows HD Color Settings link
  3. Scroll down and make sure that the Use HDR toggle is On
  4. Keep scrolling and you will find the Auto HDR toggle. Flip this to On as well and that’s it. It’s that simple.

Disabling

  1. Open Settings then go to System->Display
  2. Click the Windows HD Color Settings link
  3. Scroll down and you will find the Auto HDR toggle. Flip this to Off.

Tags: HDRWindows 10