Xbox Series X and S: Dolby Vision is now available to everyone

Xbox Series X and S: Dolby Vision is now available to everyone

Xbox Series X and S

Dolby Vision support has finally arrived for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, with over 100 optimized titles already available now or in the near future.

The new HDR standard has already been running in for some time and available by Insider users. Dolby Vision in practice is a new type of advanced HDR, which works with a high dynamic range of brightness and color and guarantees, compared to normal HDR 10, better management of contrasts, black levels, color saturation and graphic rendering in general. . Obviously, to use them you need to have a TV or monitor capable of supporting Dolby Vision. To be sure you can control directly from the console through the settings related to TV and Display.

As reported on Xbox Wire, over 100 next gen games optimized for Dolby Vision are already available or will be in the near future. Among these, of course, there will also be Halo Infinite, due out on December 8th. In addition, thousands of games that support HDR10 and Auto HDR will benefit from picture quality by activating Dolby Vision.

Dolby Vision is compatible with all next-gen features of Microsoft consoles, such as DirectX Raytracing, Automatic mode low-latency mode (with HDMI 2.1), framerate up to 120fps and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR).

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Xbox Series X/S consoles now support Dolby Vision for gaming

It's been quite a long time coming, but Xbox Series X/S consoles now support Dolby Vision for gaming. More than 100 Dolby Vision HDR-optimized titles are available or are coming soon, including Halo Infinite. Microsoft says thousands of other games will get a HDR10 or Auto HDR picture quality boost thanks to Dolby Vision.


To get the full experience, you'll need a Dolby Vision-capable TV with gaming settings like automatic low-latency mode and variable refresh rate switched on. According to Microsoft, depending on your display's capabilities, you'll get up to 40 times brighter highlights, 10 times deeper levels of black and up to 12 bits of color depth. Dolby Vision can work in concert with other features such as ray-tracing.

Xbox Series X console and Xbox Wireless Controller © Aaron Souppouris/Engadget Xbox Series X console and Xbox Wireless Controller

Dolby and Xbox are collaborating with developers to help them get the most out of Dolby Vision. They're also working with TV makers on firmware updates to support Dolby Vision at 120 Hz.


Microsoft started public tests of Dolby Vision on the consoles in March. There were suggestions this past spring that Xbox had Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos console exclusivity, but that's not the case. Still, Xbox Series X/S consoles are the only ones with Dolby Vision support for now.