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Last updated: March 20th, 2022 at 12:18 UTC+01:00
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The folks over at About Chromebooks have discovered that the Dev Beta version of ChromeOS 101 brings support for variable refresh rate (Adaptive Sync) output. The feature is hidden behind a flag, and it can be enabled. Google's wording for the feature makes us believe that it is only for external monitors and displays rather than for Chromebooks' own display.
VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) has been supported by Macs and PCs for years. It allows changing the refresh rate of the monitor to match the frame rates offered by a computer so that there's no screen tearing. The feature is extremely useful while gaming as frame rates can vary depending on the hardware, game, and scene. New-generation gaming consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series S/X) support the feature, too.
Support for VRR won't mean much until Chromebooks get powerful hardware, though. So, until we see more powerful processors and probably discrete GPUs on Chromebooks, variable refresh rates won't actually be much useful. Hopefully, we will see more powerful Chromebooks from Samsung using APUs (from AMD and Intel) and GPUs (from AMD and Nvidia) in the future.
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Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.
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