Apple adds Game Mode for Mac among other gaming features

Apple announced a handful of new features for its products as part of today’s WWDC event. While the event was largely focused on the company’s non-gaming products and services, it did mention a few updates for gamers. These include the addition of a game-optimized mode on the new MacOS Sonoma, a porting kit for games to come to Mac and the promise of future games on the upcoming Vision Pro headset.

The biggest new feature the company announced for Macs is Game Mode. The mode supposedly makes gaming smoother by giving the game the highest priority for the CPU and GPU, delivering smoother and higher framerates. Game Mode also reduces audio lag for Airpods and input latency for Bluetooth controllers such as the DualSense. According to Apple, it works with all games.