Windows 11 has been touted as “the best Windows ever for gaming,” and the changes it introduces may yet prove that point. As Sarah Bond, Xbox’s CVP of game creator experience and ecosystem, announced during Thursday’s event and later expanded on in a blog post, Windows 11 will come “with superior graphics, blazing speed, and an incredible selection of games.”

All of this is made possible by three things: Auto HDR, DirectStorage, and deeper integration of the Xbox app (and therefore Game Pass) into Windows 11. While the first two were seen in Xbox Series X and S, their introduction in Windows 11 will drastically improve PC gaming without any effort from developers.

Here's what the gaming features introducing in Windows 11 mean for the future of gaming.

Auto HDR is an algorithmic tool designed to display "a much wider range of brightness values and colours, adding an extra sense of richness and depth to the image" in older titles that may not have HDR enabled. Auto HDR on Windows 11, which already arrived on Xbox Series X|S, now gives your games that extra bit of pop if they're built on DirectX 11 or above. Of course, you'll need an HDR-capable display to see the changes. Bond said that "over 1,000 games… will be automatically enhanced on Windows 11 devices that support HDR."