Microsoft Introducing new artificial intelligence (AI) features for co-pilotThe company’s native chatbot. After making the announcement on Tuesday, the tech giant is now adding both voice and vision capabilities to the chatbot. Microsoft claims that the new CoPilot features aim to offer “quick and fluent answers” as well as an intuitive design. The CoPilot voice feature is similar to the voice modes of Gemini Live and ChatGPT. Meanwhile, the much-awaited recall feature will finally be expanded to all Windows Insider users this month.
Microsoft Co-Pilot updated with AI-powered features
one in blog postMicrosoft has shared several details of the new AI features coming to Copilot. These features will be available on Copilot app iOS And Android, web client, as well as CoPilot Assistant are on windowsThe latter will only be available on CoPilot+ PCs, which are currently powered by Snapdragon X series chipsets.
copilot voice
With four voice options, users can now experience hands-free voice conversations with Microsoft’s chatbot. The company said it can be used for brainstorming, asking quick questions or just friendly conversation.
Notably, while the feature will provide a speech-to-speech experience, the company has not highlighted whether the output generation will happen in real-time, or whether it will support an emotional voice.
copilot vision
Copilot Vision is also being added. This is a new way of interacting with AI. Once enabled, this feature will be able to monitor what the user sees on the screen. The feature also supports voice mode, allowing users to ask verbal questions about the content. For example, users can show the AI a photo of furniture and ask about its color palette, materials, and more.
Since this feature could be considered invasive to user privacy, Microsoft has also added several layers of security measures. This feature is opt-in and will not work unless the user explicitly activates it.
Even after activating it, the feature currently only works with a limited number of websites. Furthermore, the tech giant said that the data processed by the chatbot will not be collected or used to train the AI.
windows recall
Microsoft’s Recall feature, which takes idle screenshots of a user’s laptop or desktop and can track a user’s activity locally, is now being rolled out to a broader user base. Microsoft highlighted in a blog post This feature will be rolled out this month to Windows Insiders using CoPilot+ PCs.
For now, it will only be available on Snapdragon-powered PCs. In November, the tech giant will also offer it on AMD-powered PCs.
