Faster App Loading Lands in Latest Windows 11 Update
The Windows 11 Low Latency Profile feature update is now fully integrated in the latest patch, which should make apps load faster thanks to a quicker CPU boosting technique. It forces the CPU to boost to its maximum frequency for a few seconds without delay, meaning everything launches almost instantaneously rather than with a microsecond lag. But it only rolled out the feature piecemeal, with Windows tools and services getting it first.
- ▪The Windows 11 Low Latency Profile feature update is now fully integrated in the latest patch, which should make apps load faster thanks to a quicker CPU boosting technique.
- ▪It forces the CPU to boost to its maximum frequency for a few seconds without delay, meaning everything launches almost instantaneously rather than with a microsecond lag.
- ▪But it only rolled out the feature piecemeal, with Windows tools and services getting it first.
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The Windows 11 Low Latency Profile feature update is now fully integrated in the latest patch, which should make apps load faster thanks to a quicker CPU boosting technique. With Windows 11 Build 2600.9168, the August Update also introduced changes to File Explorer details, improved Windows search, and background noise filtering for Windows voice controls, among other things, Windows Latest reports.Microsoft announced the Low Latency Profile in May to make apps and services in Windows feel more responsive. It forces the CPU to boost to its maximum frequency for a few seconds without delay, meaning everything launches almost instantaneously rather than with a microsecond lag. But it only rolled out the feature piecemeal, with Windows tools and services getting it first.
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