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Windows recall faced privacy concerns last year which forced Microsoft to rework on the AI feature and bring it in a new avatar,
Windows Recall is finally coming to all Copilot+ PCs.
Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned to provide the best user experience for its AI Copilot+ PC users. In a significant update, the tech giant has now rolled out the controversial ‘Recall’ feature along with other AI-powered experiences such as improved search and click-to-do, for select Windows 11 PCs.
The company has been previewing these updates since November 2024 and it faced multiple delays due to examination by numerous specialists about privacy issues.
According to reports, the Recall feature, which works on the Copilot+ PCs’ AI capabilities, will save snapshots of the screen for subsequent analysis.
After receiving numerous comments about privacy, Microsoft has stated that it has taken strong safety measures such as mandatory Windows Hello sign-in, data encryption, automatic screening of sensitive information and memory customisation.
The feature restores your digital memory, allowing you to retrace steps in seconds to quickly and safely locate and return to an app, website, image, or document. You can search using natural language or scroll back in time to locate what you’re looking for using text and visual matching.
To use this feature, your Copilot+ PC should have at least 16GB of RAM, 40 TOPs dedicated NPU, device encryption, and 256 GB or more of storage capacity with at least 50 GB of free space.
Apart from this, the tech giant has also released other AI-powered functionalities, including:
Click To Do
The significant feature allows quick actions with a single click. The tool can recognise text and photos in snapshots and recommend AI-powered actions you may take on them, saving you time by completing tasks inline or quickly directing you to the app best suited to the job.
Improved Windows Search
This one allows you to describe what you’re looking for in simple, natural language, reducing the need to recall file names or specific terms. Whether you’re in File Explorer, the Windows Search box, or Settings, you can explain what images, documents, or settings you’re looking for, and improved Windows Search will sift through files and data to discover them for you.
As per the company, a Copilot+ branded PC delivers 13 percent faster performance than the most recent MacBook Air M4, up to five times more performance than a five-year-old Windows PC, and comes with a battery life of up to 22 hours of video playback or 15 hours of web browsing per charge.
