Intel is reportedly working on a patch to address a small bug that affects battery life, as it prepares for the big Windows 10.
Microsoft's latest version of its popular operating system, Windows 10, is set to start rolling out to PCs on July 29. Battery performance is apparently a bit of a concern for Intel ahead of the big OS release, but it plans to have everything fixed in due time.
A new report from PCWorld reveals that Intel is now planning to address a small bug with an upcoming patch, which in turn will help boost battery life. The effect of this minor bug on battery performance has reportedly not gone beyond 10 percent, but Intel nonetheless plans to fix it before the Windows 10 launch next week.
Considering that Windows 10 comes as a new OS altogether, it's understandable that it requires new drivers and performance optimizations to ensure that chips and PCs run the new OS smoothly and efficiently.
Intel is working with Microsoft on optimizing drivers for battery performance on the new OS "across all Intel platforms," aiming to ensure systems work well on Windows 10.
"While we are working on technical optimizations, we have seen very minor hits to battery life but even the upper end of what we have seen is below 10 percent," Intel stated.
Intel further points out that it expects the battery life on Windows 10 systems to be "nearly the same" as on machines running Windows 8.1 after the update and release of the final Windows 10 drivers.
Driver updates and bug fixes play a major role in improving device performance over time, as the OS itself receives constant updates and patches. Microsoft promised support for Windows 10 until 2025, but companies such as Intel will play their own part and continue developing driver updates as well.
It's tough to determine at this point just how well devices will perform in terms of battery life with Windows 10 on board, but the picture should become clearer soon enough. The big Windows 10 launch is just around the corner and it shouldn't take long after that to get a good idea of how systems perform with the new OS.
