By Zac Bowden
Publication Date: 2025-12-09 18:32:00
Microsoft has teased that next year will see some significant updates come to Windows 11 that are designed to position the platform as the best place to play video games. In the past year, we’ve seen the company slowly move to adopt new handheld gaming form factors, and it seems like there’s more to come in this space.
“We’re committed to making Windows the best place to play, and we will continue refining system behaviors that matter most to gaming,” Microsoft says in a blog post talking about what’s coming next for gamers.
The company highlights a number of core pillars that it will address in the coming months: “background workload management, power and scheduling improvements, graphics stack optimizations, and updated drivers.” Improving these elements of the platform should allow Windows to run lighter, and assign freed up resources to games to allow them to run better.
Microsoft has also confirmed that Auto SR (Super Resolution) will be coming to handheld
