Discover new capabilities that reveal energy consumption and environmental impact

Microsoft will provide Windows 11 users with new statistics on device power consumption and potential emissions. This data is available for battery-powered devices and desktop computers.

Microsoft would like to provide Windows 11 users with new statistics on: Energy consumption of home applianceseven as potential emissions. This information will be available for desktop computers as well as battery-powered devices.

Windows 11 gives you a better understanding of your energy consumption and environmental impact

In Developer Channel Build 23506, Microsoft had already introduced more detailed, albeit hidden, energy statistics to better manage the power consumption of your device, primarily to improve battery life.

The Power & Battery page in Windows 11 will soon replace the current Battery Usage settings with a larger section titled Power & Battery Usage.this section Device power consumption details Even if Shows watched from your PC in the last few days. These emissions are difficult to estimate and depend on the energy sources used.

Functionality, still in development Also, the ‘Total Energy’ and ‘Emissions’ fields do not yet show clear data. However, you can enable this hidden feature by using Vivetool and running the appropriate command (see below).

In addition to this new feature, Windows 11, version 23506 adds two new energy recommendations in the corresponding sections. Dark mode and dynamic refresh rate if supported. Finally, Microsoft plans a Moment 4 update for Windows 11 by the end of the year. This is intended to simplify navigation and interaction within the operating system and enable mass deployment of Windows Copilot AI Assistant.

How do I enable Windows 11’s new energy statistics?

for Enable Windows 11 new energy statistics Starting with build 23506, you can use Vivetool, a third-party tool created by Rafael Rivera and Lucas and available on GitHub. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Go to the Vivetool GitHub. Make sure to download the latest version available to get all the latest features. Download the Vivetool zip file to your computer.
2. Double-click the downloaded zip file to open it in Explorer. Then click the “Extract All” button.
3. Once the contents are extracted, copy the path to the folder where Vivetool is located.
4. Press the Windows + X keys on your keyboard to open the Power User menu and select Command Prompt (Admin) or Windows PowerShell (Admin).
5. At the command prompt, navigate to the Vivetool folder using the previously copied path after the “cd” command. For example: “cd C:\path\to\the\ViveTool-xxx\folder” (replace “xxx” with the actual version of Vivetool you downloaded).
6. To enable the hidden energy statistics feature, run the command “vivetool /enable /id:44663396,44663406” at the command prompt and press “Enter”. This will enable new energy statistics in Windows 11.
7. After activating the new energy stats, restart your computer for the changes to take effect.