This year saw the (planned) end of Windows 10, the birth of Windows 11, a new version of Edge, a plethora of patches and not a few spillover effects from them. It wasn't your typical year for Microsoft.
Microsoft just announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting a new feature called Clarity Boost to further improve stream quality but will be dedicated to its proprietary Edge browser for now. If you are an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriber, you can try it out immediately by downloading Microsoft Edge. Clarity Boost is one of the cloud gaming optimizations available in Microsoft Edge Canary, and it uses many client-side scaling enhancements to improve the visual quality of the stream.