Windows 11’s Paint and Notepad apps are getting AI features in testing in the Canary and Dev channels.
Notepad has a new AI feature called ‘Rewrite’ ability which uses generative AI to rewrite text.
Notepad will also open 35% faster with a Microsoft account.
Paint is getting a feature called ‘generative fill’ which adds an AI element to an image after being fed a prompt such as ‘medieval castle’.
Generative erase is also being added to Paint to remove elements in an image and replacing with background in seconds.
Paint’s Generative fill will only be available with Copilot+ PC machines that have Snapdragon CPU.
Other features will be available for non-Copilot+ devices but Cocreator, which creates AI-generated images, will be also made faster on Copilot+ machines.
These AI features are still in testing stage, and Microsoft is taking feedback before a wider rollout.
Notepad features are a trade-off between core philosophy and performance boost.
Windows 11 still has a year left to upgrade though many users are considering it.