Sony’s 2021 Bravia XR TVs are finally getting a promised VRR software update
The much-anticipated feature is rolling out to TVs like the X90J. | Image: Sony Sony reportedly started rolling out an update to enable variable refresh rate on its 2021 TVs with the Bravia XR processor almost a year after promising that the feature was coming, according to HDTVTest's Vincent Teoh and posts on an owners' forum. Variable refresh rate, or VRR, essentially lets your TV smooth out any stutters or frame rate drops that may happen while gaming, without the annoying screen artifacts or slight input lag that can come with other solutions.
Somewhat ironically, Sony's own PlayStation 5 doesn't support VRR yet - the company promised it would add the feature via a software update, but so far there haven't been any signs of it. The Xbox Series X and S, however, do support it, as will any gaming PC with a...