Edge browser can now upscale videos using AMD, Nvidia GPUs

The feature is currently limited to a small set of users on Edge's Canary preview builds but Microsoft will slowly roll out the feature to more users. (Image: Microsoft)

Microsoft is testing a new Video Super Resolution feature for the Edge Browser.

Super resolution uses your GPU in conjunction with graphics card agnostic algorithms to remove artifacts and upscale web video to a higher resolution for a sharper, cleaner image. This works on all streaming platforms, like YouTube, playing video through the Edge browser.

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For the feature to work, you are going to require at least an Nvidia RTX 20-series GPU or AMD's RX5700 and above. The video that will be upscaled has to be at resolutions lower than 720p, and both the height and width of the video should be greater than 192 pixels.

The device you are viewing the video on should not be on battery power, and finally, the videos protected by DRM like PlayReady or Widevine will not work with the feature.

Microsoft says this is because, "Frames from these protected videos are not accessible to the browser for processing".

Video Super Resolution will be automatically enabled by default, and represented with a small HD icon in the address bar. You can toggle it on or off by simply clicking on the icon.

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The feature is currently limited to a small set of users on Edge's Canary preview builds but Microsoft will slowly roll out the feature to more users.

The Redmond-based technology giant said that they were, "looking forward to expanding the list of supported graphics cards in the future."