Intel discontinues XeSS plugin for Unity
Intel has archived its official XeSS plugin for Unity, ending support for the project. The repository was switched to read-only on March 30, 2026, and Intel now says it will no longer provide development, maintenance, bug fixes, new releases, updates, or patch acceptance for the plugin.
Intel has attached a clear discontinuation notice to the repository, even though the project still includes Unity 6 patch files and instructions for HDRP integration. The latest public release listed is v2.0.5 from March 26, 2025, so Unity developers are now left with a frozen codebase unless they decide to fork it themselves.
Source: Intel
Intel has recently updated the main XeSS SDK repository to support XeSS 3, while Intel’s Unreal Engine plugin also continues to receive updates, including a v3.0.1 release with XeSS SDK 3.0.0 support and Unreal Engine 5.7 support.
It’s not just Intel
AMD took a similar path, they are no longer releasing updated plugins for Unity. Their latest FSR SDK only mentions the Unreal Engine 5 plugin (with FSR 4 support), while the abandoned Unity plugin is still listing FSR 2 and hasn’t been updated in 5 years. NVIDIA DLSS, on the other hand, is integrated into the Unity engine through High Definition Render Pipeline, not as a standalone plugin. I’m not sure which version it supports, though.
Source: Intel XeSS for Unity (Github) via Haze
