A driver allows the computer to effectively interact with hardware or a peripheral. If you have ever launched the ‘Device Manager’ app, you would find drivers for graphic cards, Bluetooth, keyboards, external headphones, and speakers, amongst other devices. There are various other drivers, the ones listed above are just to provide a basic understanding of the concept.

When faced with the question of updating the drivers, a lot of people express inhibitions. Therefore, before we proceed, let’s understand how updating the drivers affects the functioning of Windows 11.

First things first, if the current set of drives are working just fine, you don’t need to update them. The drivers installed on the system are all tried and tested and would be most suitable for your computer. Therefore, it’s recommended to not update them unless you encounter issues with the current version.

However, there are cases when updating the driver enhances the performance, as is the case with Graphics Driver to play games. Many a time, you run into an error, and updating the driver could be a possible fix. Only in these cases is updating the driver a viable option.