Alongside Snapdragon 865 chipset’s announcement last December, Qualcomm promised GPU driver updates through Google Play Store. The company has now updated its progress and has revealed the first few phones to get driver updates.
Speaking of optimizations, Qualcomm claims that Google and a game partner using the Android GPU Inspector on a Pixel 4 XL was able to discover an opportunity to reduce the GPU utilization by 40 percent. The optimization, Qualcomm says, delivered faster frame rates and longer battery life.
Qualcomm will be giving early access to its beta drivers for developers to test them. The whole concept of updateable drivers makes it possible for game studios to optimize and provide feedback to Google and Qualcomm to enhance the drivers faster than ever before.
