Microsoft is releasing an update for all Windows 11 PCs, unlocking several features for Copilot+ devices. This includes the highly controversial Recall, which will start showing up on Copilot+ laptops with a Snapdragon X chipset throughout October. Snapdragon X laptops will get the feature first, but Microsoft has reiterated that Intel- and AMD-based Copilot+ PCs will get Recall (and other Copilot+ features) starting in November. Microsoft is also adding more features to its Photos and Paint apps in the process.
Microsoft has detailed the security architecture of the Recall feature and addressed some major criticisms of it. Recall is now turned off instead of on by default. Microsoft is allowing users to filter websites and giving users more control over their snapshots, including deleting them all.
In Photos, you’ll now be able to use AI-powered super resolution to increase the resolution of low-quality images. In Paint, Microsoft is adding generative fill and erase. Microsoft is still working on an AI-powered Windows search, which it says it’s expanding to the Settings app and the general Windows search over the coming months.
Microsoft is also introducing a new AI-powered feature called Click to Do in a preview state on Copilot+ PCs. Click to Do analyzes what's on your screen and provides context-aware actions in a menu. The actions in Click to Do expand further, allowing you to send an email, open a website, search the internet, and more from the Click to Do menu.
The Recall feature will come to Windows Insiders first, starting in November, along with other Copilot+ features. Microsoft announced several features coming to the Copilot app more broadly.