Earlier this year, Microsoft announced Windows Copilot, available to the first testers from the right sidebar of Windows 11. The company assures users that the assistant will not interfere with business content and will work with open applications. help at any time. artificial intelligence.

What Copilot can do

Based on artificial intelligence technology, Windows Copilot can ask questions that Bing Chat would normally answer and even execute some system commands.

Windows Copilot also offers features such as:

• text annotations are similar to Bing sidebar in Microsoft Edge,
• image and text generation.

Corresponding notifications will be displayed in parallel. However, as it is an early version, Windows Copilot only provides control over a few basic Windows settings and currently has no support for third-party plug-ins.

7-Zip, RAR and other archive formats

Windows 11 also has built-in support for various archive types such as RAR, 7-Zip, tar and gz. Microsoft acknowledges that current Windows Insider builds may have performance issues, but these will be fixed in future updates.

Universal archive support in Windows 11 is expected to roll out in September, the company announced at a recent Bild developer event. In addition, Microsoft plans to allow such files not only to be opened, but also to be created, but this functionality is not expected until 2024.

Other new system features

Among the new features is an improved interface for controlling the sound in “quick settings”. Users can now optimize sound settings for each app, quickly switch devices, and use WIN + CTRL + V to access the mixer without navigating through settings.

Windows 11 also has an updated Settings page that provides a brief overview of connected devices and basic settings. The page holds up to seven cards that display information about Microsoft 365 or Xbox subscriptions, and also allows users to easily control Bluetooth devices, change wallpaper settings, and check OneDrive storage. Testers may be familiar with the full list of features of the new version of Windows 11.