If you’ve ever looked at the screen of your ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming PC in April 2026, it’s getting a free software update that will make your games look better. No hardware updates or additional costs included.
Xbox will release a feature called Automatic Super Resolution or Auto SR – Microsoft’s AI-powered answer to Nvidia’s DLSS and AMD’s FSR – which will upscale video games from 720p to 1080p or more (via Windows Central).
What does the Auto SR function do?
The feature forces your Ally X to work smarter, not harder, resulting in a performance increase of up to 30%. Unlike DLSS and FSR, Auto SR works at the operating system level, meaning developers don’t need to integrate it on a per-game basis. However, the function still lags behind Nvidia’s DLSS in terms of image quality.
No matter who the developer is or what the game is, Auto SR just works, well, most of the time. Currently the feature only supports DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games. But why is it only available on Xbox Ally X and not Xbox Ally?
So why does it only happen to Ally X?
Well, that Ally
The feature appears to rely on Ally X’s NPU to upscale the video games in real-time without increasing CPU load. Unfortunately, the base model does not have such a feature, which is why this feature is only reserved for the X variant.
One thing is worth noting: the April release is technically a preview and not a final, polished rollout. While the 30% performance figure is exciting, real-world results may vary as Microsoft continues to refine it.
