Microsoft will bring Modern Standby functionality to Windows 10X to improve performance of connected laptops

"If with Windows 8.1 Microsoft introduced an improvement such as Connected Standby, with Windows 10 this function saw an improvement in its operation and incidentally a change of nomenclature to be called Modern Standby. A functionality that will also come to Windows 10X."

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Modern Standby is a standby mode that allows the equipment to continue downloading data despite being in a kind of lethargy. A function that improves performance when we are using it and speeds up startup."

Improve PC performance

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Modern Standby, a Project Athena initiative by Intel, enables the operating system to manage network connectivity and allows portable computers to perform more like phones, thus improving responsiveness and battery life."

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A function that according to Windows Latest, will also come to Windows 10X when it is released. Microsoft&39;s new operating system for dual-screen devices ( although it will debut on traditional computers), will also feature Modern Standby. "

The company has modified old support documents by adding additional information about the next generation operating system. Reports adding the Modern Standby option for Windows 10X.

It remains to be seen how Modern Standby will work on Windows 10X and whether it will work in a similar way to smartphones, where In this mode, emails are downloaded, social networks are updated or the content of PWA applications is updated.

It will be necessary, of course, that for Modern Standby mode to be fully functional, we have access to either Wi-Fi, data or cable, to an Internet connection so that the equipment can be kept updated.

How to check if your computer supports Modern Standby

If you want to know if your equipment is compatible with Modern Standby", these are the steps you must follow:

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• Open the Command Prompt window, which you can do by typing cmdin the taskbar search window"
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• Type powercfg/a and press Enter, switching to display what sleep states your PC supports. If S0 Low Power Idle appears as available, you have Modern Standby support."

Via | Windows Latest