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Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows \u2014 and the PCs running it.<\/p>\n

At a keynote ahead of its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it\u2019s calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features like Recall, which helps users find apps, files and other content they\u2019ve viewed in the past. Copilot, Microsoft\u2019s brand of generative AI, will soon be far more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. And new Microsoft Surface devices are on the way.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve rounded up all the major announcements here. <\/p>\n

Copilot+ PCs<\/h2>\n
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Copilot+ PCs are Microsoft\u2019s vision of AI-first, flagship Windows hardware. All include dedicated chips called NPUs to power AI experiences like Recall. And they ship with 16GB of RAM minimum, paired with SSD storage. <\/p>\n

The first Copilot+ PCs will pack Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips, which Microsoft claims delivers up to 15 hours of web browsing and 20 hours of video battery life. Chipmakers Intel and AMD are also committed to building processors for Copilot+ devices in partnership with a range of manufacturers, including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung.<\/p>\n

Copilot+ PCs start at $999, and some are available for preorder today.<\/p>\n

Surface Pro and Surface Laptop<\/h2>\n

Microsoft\u2019s newly unveiled Surface devices, the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro, focus on performance and battery. <\/p>\n

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The latest Surface Laptop \u2014 available with a 13.8- or 15-inch display \u2014 has been redesigned with \u201cmodern lines\u201d and thinner screen bezels. It lasts up to 22 hours on a charge and is up to 86% faster than the Surface Laptop 5, the company says. It also supports Wi-Fi 7 and has a haptic feedback touchpad.<\/p>\n

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As for the new Surface Pro, Microsoft says it\u2019s up to 90% faster than the previous-gen Surface Pro (the Surface Pro 9), and it sports a new OLED with HDR display, Wi-Fi 7 (and optional 5G) and an upgraded ultrawide front-facing camera. Also, its detachable keyboard \u2014 which has been reinforced with additional carbon fiber \u2014 now has haptic feedback.<\/p>\n

Recall<\/h2>\n
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Windows 11\u2019s forthcoming Recall feature can \u201cremember\u201d apps and content a user accessed on their PC weeks or even months ago, for example helping them to find a Discord chat where they were discussing clothes they were considering buying. Users can use Recall\u2019s timeline to \u201cscroll back\u201d to see what they were working on in the recent past and drill down in files like PowerPoint presentations to surface info potentially relevant to their searches. <\/p>\n

Microsoft says that Recall can create associations between colors, images and more to let users search for practically anything on their PCs in natural language (not dissimilar to startup Rewind\u2019s<\/a> tech). And the company claims that all user data associated with Recall is kept private and on-device \u2014 and not used to train AI models, importantly.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more<\/a> from Microsoft: \u201cYour snapshots are yours; they stay locally on your PC. You can delete individual snapshots, adjust and delete ranges of time in Settings, or pause at any point right from the icon in the System Tray on your Taskbar. You can also filter apps and websites from ever being saved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image editing and live translations<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s now more AI in Windows than ever and some of it exclusively on the new Copilot+ PCs.<\/p>\n

A new feature called Super Resolution can restore old photos by automatically upscaling them. And Copilot can now analyze images to give users ideas for creative compositions. Through a feature called Cocreator, users can generate images and also ask the AI model to follow what they\u2019re drawing to change or restyle the image. <\/p>\n

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Elsewhere, Live Captions with live translations translates any audio that passes through a PC \u2014 whether from YouTube or a local file \u2014 into the language of the user\u2019s choosing. Live translations will initially support around 40 languages including English, Spanish, Mandarin and Russian.<\/p>\n

Windows Copilot Runtime<\/h2>\n

Powering capabilities such as Recall and Super Resolution is the Windows Copilot Runtime, a collection of ~40 generative AI models that make up what Microsoft describes as \u201ca new layer\u201d of Windows. In tandem with the semantic index, a vector-based system local to an individual Copilot+ PC, the Windows Copilot Runtime allows generative AI-powered apps \u2014 including third-party apps \u2014 to run without necessarily needing an internet connection.<\/p>\n

Microsoft says that CapCut, the popular video editor from TikTok owner ByteDance, will use the Windows Copilot Runtime to speed up its AI features. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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