Microsoft is developing a new feature called "Low Latency Profile" for Windows 11, which is designed to significantly improve system performance by briefly increasing the processor frequency in specific scenarios. This feature will automatically increase the CPU load when opening applications, rendering user interface elements, right-click menus, etc., thus significantly improving response times.
Microsoft has previously promised to improve the performance of Windows 11, and low-latency mode is an important part of this plan. According to reports from Windows Central citing sources, this new mode can increase the startup speed of built-in system applications by 40%, and the rendering speed of UI elements such as the start menu and right-click menu can be accelerated by about 70%. Reliable Windows 11 source @phantomofeart has confirmed the discovery and shared the feature ID that enables the feature.
Currently, low-latency mode has appeared in the latest preview version of Windows 11. Although Microsoft has not officially announced the details of this feature, sources revealed that the system will only automatically trigger this mode when necessary. Each triggered CPU frequency increase only lasts 1 to 3 seconds. This short-term frequency peak will not have a significant impact on battery life and can effectively control CPU temperature and energy consumption.
It is reported that the low-latency mode is part of Microsoft's internal code-named "K2" project, which aims to comprehensively improve the performance and response speed of Windows 11 to solve the shortcomings in fluency compared to Windows 10, especially the much-criticized slow response of the right-click menu. If users have installed the latest Windows 11 preview build, they can manually enable the feature by downloading the ViVeTool tool from GitHub and running the "vivetool /enable /id:60716524,61391826" command with administrator rights. However, since this feature has not yet been officially released, it may not work fully as expected.