A Windows HDR Calibration app is headed to the Microsoft Store

Windows 11 is about to up its HDR game.

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What you need to know

Xbox has the Xbox HDR Game Calibration app to help displays and games play nice with each other when it comes to attuning for high dynamic range (HDR). Windows doesn’t have such an app, meaning especially light and dark parts of your screen can lose vital visual details due to HDR discrepancies.

To fix that issue, Microsoft has announced that Windows will be receiving its own HDR Calibration app. Soon, color consistency and accuracy issues will be a thing of the past on your PC’s display. The only mysteries are whether it’ll come toWindows 11andWindows 10 as well as when the app will actually arrive. There’s no date for it yet, but in theannouncement blog post, Microsoft notes that Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel have already seen a teaser for its arrival.

“If you are on the Windows Insiders Dev channel, you may have noticed a new section ‘HDR display calibration’ under System > Display > HDR settings,” the blog reads, illustrating where the app will reside in the future. Until then, going to that destination will just lead you to the aforementioned post stating that the app is on its way. Expect the app to feature three testing patterns:

That’s all the news there is at the moment for the Windows HDR Calibration app. But if you want to know more about the latest surprises for Insiders, check out ourhands-on video with the latest build.

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