Annoying Windows 11 bug that distorted videos playing in Chrome or Edge browsers has finally been squashed
Finally!
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Perhaps one of the most annoying bugs inWindows 11has finally been addressed and fixed byMicrosoftin the latest update for the OS.
The glitch in question caused visual distortions in videos in Chromium-based browsers for someWindows 11users, includingGoogle Chrome,Microsoft Edge, and Opera.
The level of distortion changes from user to user, going by reports, but usually includes grey static and general nuttiness when you’re trying to watch a video in your browser! It sounds pretty nasty for those affected.
According toWindows Latest, the issue occurs mostly on PCs withNvidia graphics cards, and speculation holds that the corruption may be related to Chromium power management. Thankfully, the June cumulative update (KB5039212) has finally squashed the bug, so it shouldn’t bother Windows 11 users any longer.
Asupport documentfrom Microsoft states: “This update addresses an issue that distorts parts of the screen. This occurs when you use a Chromium-based browser to play a video.”The June update for Windows 11 also tackles issues with glitchy or unresponsive taskbars and problems some users had with their PC failing to return from hibernate mode.
Windows Latest tested the fix for visual glitches with videos and reported that it solves the bug. That’s good to hear and means that we have some sort of confirmation that the fix works, so hopefully if you’re experiencing the issue, you should soon see it resolved.
This nasty browser-related bug has been around for quite some time now, and while I’m glad that the issue has finally been cured, it is rather odd that it’s taken this long. As to why, well, I can only guess the issue was more complex to address than it seems at face value, but at any rate, it’s not the first time we’ve had to wait for ages to get a Windows problem resolved.
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