Dolby Vision 2 Unveiled at IFA 2025 With Content Intelligence

Dolby Laboratories on Friday unveiled Dolby Vision 2 at IFA 2025, the latest iteration of its high dynamic range format that the company says uses a redesigned image engine and artificial intelligence to deliver brighter highlights, deeper blacks and more accurate motion on modern televisions. Dolby announced the upgrade at the trade show and said Hisense will be the first TV maker to ship sets with the new standard, with a MediaTek Pentonic 800 chip and MiraVision Pro PQ Engine handling the first implementations.

Dolby Vision 2 centers on a suite of tools the company calls Content Intelligence. Dolby said Content Intelligence uses AI to automatically optimize picture settings based on what is being watched, where it is being watched and on what device. That includes Precision Black to make dark scenes clearer without altering the creator's intent, Light Sense that uses ambient light sensors and reference lighting data to adjust displays for room conditions, and sports and gaming optimizations that refine white balance and motion handling for fast action.

The release also introduces Authentic Motion, which Dolby described as a creator driven motion control tool that can reduce...