Today, I will explore New Exciting Features in Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11. Microsoft has taken the Copilot+ experience to the next level by introducing it for PCs and Windows 11.
Copilot is an impressive tool designed to enhance your writing experience. It provides suggestions, helps with summarising and editing, and assists in creating content. Copilot can also help you generate first drafts, add content to documents, condense text, or brief documents.
Copilot in Windows, driven by Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), offers AI support directly from your device. It uses your data, such as written or voiced and web pages viewed in Microsoft Edge, to provide valuable responses.
In May, Microsoft presented the Copilot+ PC, a new class of PCs that brings AI-enabled experiences to Windows customers. Copilot+ PC and Windows 11 customers will obtain access to additional new features that enhance their PCs’ intelligence, functionality, and security.
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What are the Advantages of Copilot + PCs?
Copilot+ PCs are the fastest and most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. They have powerful new silicon capable of 40+ TOPS, all-day battery life, and high-capacity drives for advanced AI features, allowing you to do more than on any other PC.
An Overview – Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11
Copilot+ PC is built for high AI performance and protects sensitive information. With these PCs, you are in charge of safeguarding as vital to you. These new Copilot+ PC experiences will be available on Windows 11 PCs from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and Microsoft Surface.
- These devices will feature processors from Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD.
Note: Starting in November, new features will be rolled out to the Windows Insider community in a phased approach.
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Performance of the Copilot+PC
Speed up your productivity and creativity with a unique Copilot+ PC. The following are the performance capabilities of Copilot+PCs.
| Performance | Description |
|---|---|
| Powerful processors | The video can be rendered quickly with fast CPUs. |
| More RAM, more multitasking | Run more Apps simultaneously |
| All-day battery life | Battery life is very high, enabling you to cover more distance on a single charge. |
| High-capacity drives for advanced AI features | You can keep more of your stuff safe with built-in encryption on your PC. |
New Features of Copilot+PC Renovating the PC Experience
Copilot+PC has several exciting new features designed to make your PC more innovative, practical, and secure. I will discuss the following new features in detail in this post.
- Recall
- Click to Do (Preview)
- Super-resolution in Photos
- Improved Windows Search
- Generative fill and erase in Paint
Recall (Preview)
Recall is an upcoming preview experience exclusively available to Copilot+ PCs. It’s designed to help you quickly locate and recall information using natural language. To enhance your memory recall, you can enable Windows to save snapshots of your screen periodically. By opting in, they can use Windows Hello to confirm their presence and securely unlock the Recall experience.
Recall will filter sensitive information, such as credit card details or personal identification numbers, to maintain confidentiality.
- Customers who buy a Copilot+ PC with Intel or AMD power will initially access Recall in our Windows Insider program starting in November.
Click to Do (Preview)
Click to Do simplifies your workflow with an interactive overlay on your PC screen. It connects you to tools and actions for tasks like Visual Search with Bing, background blur or erasing objects in Photos, removing backgrounds with Paint, and more. It’s accessible from any Copilot+ PC screen, and additional actions will be added to enhance productivity.
- Press the Windows key and click your mouse to find Click to Do in the Snipping Tool or Print Screen to get started.
The Click to Do feature will soon be available on the Windows Insider channel. Its general availability will be announced at a later date. You can get this feature by joining your eligible Copilot+ PC to the Windows Insider Program.
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Super-Resolution in Photos
Super-resolution is a feature in the Microsoft Photos app, exclusively on Copilot+ AI PCs. This feature allows users to upscale and sharpen photos up to 8x the original size. It’s perfect for improving old or low-quality photos, preparing photos for large prints, and focusing on specific content through tight cropping.
- To get this feature, you must update the Microsoft Photos app to the latest version available in the Microsoft Store.
Improved Windows Search
Finding files on Copilot+ PCs is now easier. Use everyday language to search for documents, settings, or photos on Windows. Type what you think to search the files without worrying about spelling, file name, or location. You can similarly find photos in OneDrive.
- With the power of the 40+ TOPS NPU onboard Copilot+ PCs, Improved Windows Search works without the Internet connection.
Generative Fill and Erase in Paint
The Generative Fill and Erase in Paint enables easy editing and adding with just a few words. At the same time, it maintains the existing pictures or photos without using complex software. It is at first available for Copilot+ PCs with Qualcomm processors.
Generative Erase in Paint makes deleting unwanted objects from any image easy. You can use the eraser or selection tools to choose the content you want to remove. The vacant space will be filled in and blended with the rest of the image. This feature will be available on all PCs.
- To avail of this feature, you must update the Microsoft Paint app to the latest version available in the Microsoft Store.
How to Get Copilot+PC Features
All the features mentioned above are available to Insiders. You can get these features by joining your eligible Copilot+ PC on the Windows Insider channel. To do this, navigate to Join the Windows Insider Program, manage Insider settings, and follow the instructions provided for Windows 11.
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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.