{"id":1930,"date":"2022-03-21T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/21\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-support\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:43:58","slug":"chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/21\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome OS tests variable refresh rate support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/20\/22987668\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-vrr-support-dev-channel-101-update\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/20\/22987668\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-vrr-support-dev-channel-101-update<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"43.457396046353\">\n<p id=\"YQO7xu\">Google is testing support for variable refresh rates (VRR) in the Chrome OS 101 Dev Channel, as first spotted by Kevin Tofel at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutchromebooks.com\/news\/chrome-os-101-adds-support-for-variable-refresh-rates-on-chromebook-displays\/\"><em>About Chromebooks<\/em><\/a>. You have to enable a flag at chrome:\/\/flags#enable-variable-refresh-rate to access the feature, which Google says can be used with \u201ccapable displays.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"gaouL7\"><q>This might signal an upgrade for future Chrome OS tablets<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"qfJ8ET\">VRR helps prevent screen-tearing by syncing the refresh rate of a display with the frames-per-second (FPS) of whatever\u2019s on the screen. Google\u2019s test of the feature could indicate a smoother gaming experience on Chrome OS, which would make sense considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/15\/22979368\/steam-chromeos-chromebook-valve-google-2022-alpha\">Google just announced Steam is \u201ccoming soon\u201d to Chrome OS<\/a>. Rumors about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/27\/22904183\/gaming-chromebooks-rgb-nvidia-rtx-leaks\">release of three potential gaming-focused Chromebooks<\/a> have been floating around as well, a possibility that\u2019s only been made stronger with a new Chrome OS flag that adds RGB keyboard support.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yqizEG\">But on the other hand, VRR support could signal an upgraded refresh rate for future Chrome OS tablets. As my colleague Dan Seifert notes in his review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22838058\/hp-chromebook-x2-11-lenovo-chromebook-duet-5-tablet-review-comparison-head-to-head\">Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 and the HP Chromebook X2 11<\/a>, Chrome OS is currently quite clunky when used in tablet form. Tablets running Chrome OS will need VRR if they want to compete with the likes of Samsung and Apple \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/2\/9\/22923565\/samsung-galaxy-tab-s8-ultra-plus-tablets-android-price-specs-features\">Samsung Galaxy Tab S8<\/a> lineup has a refresh rate of 120Hz, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22442084\/ipad-pro-2021-review-features-screen-mini-led-m1-processor\">iPad Pro comes with ProMotion support<\/a> (which is basically another name for VRR) that makes scrolling animations smoother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/20\/22987668\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-vrr-support-dev-channel-101-update\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/20\/22987668\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-vrr-support-dev-channel-101-update<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Google is testing support for variable refresh rates (VRR) in the Chrome OS 101 Dev Channel, as first spotted by Kevin Tofel at About Chromebooks. You have to enable a flag at chrome:\/\/flags#enable-variable-refresh-rate to access the feature, which Google says can be used with \u201ccapable displays.\u201d This might signal an upgrade for future Chrome [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chrome OS tests variable refresh rate support - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/21\/chrome-os-tests-variable-refresh-rate-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chrome OS tests variable refresh rate support - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Google is testing support for variable refresh rates (VRR) in the Chrome OS 101 Dev Channel, as first spotted by Kevin Tofel at About Chromebooks. 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