Microsoft is making its Edge browser a little more user-friendly today thanks to some Xbox and PC game enhancements. In addition to a new games-focused homepage and casual game integration, Edge also gets a Clarity Boost to improve Xbox Cloud Gaming streams and an efficiency mode to prevent Edge from taking up PC resources. when a game is played.
The new efficiency mode is the most interesting addition for PC gamers. Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 users will benefit from enabling this efficiency mode in Edge and will prevent the browser from taking resources when a game is opened. “With this feature, you don’t have to close the browser to play and reopen it when you’re done. As soon as you close the game, Microsoft Edge will exit efficiency mode and take you back to where you left off,” explains Liat Ben-Zur, corporate vice president of consumer services and software products at Microsoft.
Microsoft Edge now has an efficiency mode setting. Image: Microsoft
Microsoft is also adding a Clarity Boost feature for Xbox Cloud Gaming. It is a spatial scaling feature designed to make Xbox streaming games much clearer and sharper. Microsoft has been testing this feature for the past six months, and the improvement is noticeable thanks to a lot of customer-side scale improvements that will improve the visual quality of Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Microsoft has also created a gaming homepage for Edge, which includes game news, live downloads, Xbox content, and quick access to Xbox Cloud Gaming. There’s even a new games menu on Edge that includes free casual and arcade games like Microsoft Solitaire.
All of Microsoft’s new gaming features are available today in the latest version of Edge, version 103.