Apple adds 120Hz Safari scrolling for MacBook Pro 2022

MacBook Pro 2021 users volition finally be able to use Safari at 120Hz — just there'due south a grab

a photo of the MacBook Pro 2021 (14-inch)

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There is much to like about the MacBook Pro 2021, with one of its all-time features beingness its new 120Hz display. And using those slick screens is virtually to get even better.

The release notes for Safari Technology Preview Release 135 (via iMore) detail the addition of 120Hz back up for scrolling animations. If you're a user of Apple's default browser, then you'll be able to enjoy the smoothness more than finer from now on.

Apple tree introduced 120Hz ProMotion displays with the latest MacBook Pro screens, and so these changes seem to be made with the new laptops in heed. While Apple tree's Pro Display XDR maxes out at 60Hz, there are plenty of tertiary-political party 120Hz monitors available, so you should be able to have advantage of these MacBooks' back up for upwardly to three actress monitors and spread the Safari smoothness across your whole setup.

Still, despite having at present introduced 120Hz MacBook hardware, Apple tree hasn't fully converted macOS Monterey to work at the new college refresh rate. Information technology seems to have been left upward to app developers, including those nether the Apple umbrella, to convert their apps to work above the default 60Hz. This has resulted in an inconsistent experience for owners of these k-dollar-plus laptops.

Additional inconsistency was discovered past i user Moshen Chan, who tweeted that they noticed that 120Hz wasn't available on all websites in Safari, and found that information technology only works on websites with the "Smooth Scroll" issue enabled in its code.

The Technology Preview Release is a separate browser to the public version of Safari that's not intended for utilise by the boilerplate user. If you're a Mac programmer or are specially curious then by all means give it a get, but we recommend near users wait for the stable update to Safari to give it a try.

That may non be an issue for some potential users as MacBook Pro delays are pretty bad right now. Demand for the new laptops has been and so high that it may be a month or two until yous finally get your hands on Apple's new laptops.

Richard is a Tom'due south Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatever else people need communication on. Post-obit on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the Academy of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Creative Bloq. When not at work, he'southward likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty java.