Windows 11 will open and a new era in the PC world with Copilot+, a technology that puts artificial intelligence at the center of attention and that will take us fully into the second phase of artificial intelligence in the PC sector. This new phase also places the NPU (neural processing unit) in a position of great importance, as it is the hardware engine that enables the said technology.

It is necessary to have an NPU that offers min strength of 40 TOPs If you want to locally move Windows 11 with Copilot+, Microsoft was clear, and that is why only Intel Lunar Lake and the new Ryzen AI 300 APU will be able to move the said operating system along with all the advanced AI features that it integrates.

Currently, Windows 11 with Copilot+ is only available on Snapdragon devices 45 TOPs, and therefore easily exceeds the minimum requirement set by Microsoft. The expectations that have built up around this new technology have been very high and understandably so, but do you know what value Copilot+ really offers in its current state?

If you answered a silent no to the previous question, in this article I am going to recap its most important features with you all so that you are clear about what it offers and how it changes the user experience on PC, turn Windows 11 into a next-generation operating system.

New features of Windows 11 with Copilot+

We start with “Image Restyle and Creator”, which is part of Microsoft’s “Photos” app and uses AI to apply filters to our images. We can use predefined filters to apply different effects or create our own filters using text commands. Very interesting, no doubt.

With the “Cocreator” in Painting, we will have an advanced AI that will allow us to significantly improve our drawings, so much so that From a simple sketch created with a few strokes, we can create a high-quality drawing. Having a Microsoft account is required to use this feature, it’s not a major problem, but considering the controversy surrounding these accounts recently, I think it’s important to be aware of it.

The “Live Captions and Translate” feature allows us to use the NPU to generate live captions from any audio source. To be able to translate into English from 44 different languagesand can be easily activated through the Start menu. At the moment it is not possible to translate into other languages ​​such as Spanish, but it is clear that it is only a matter of time.

With “Windows Studio Effects” we can apply different effects to improve our video calls. Among the included effects are background blur, image noise reduction, various filters, intelligent lighting settings and eye contact correction, which is very useful when we read text from a screen located out of reach of the camera.

With Windows 11 Copilot+, we will also enjoy other interesting functions, such as smart search, that will help us find everything we’re looking for and all the value AI has to offer smart assistant. In the attached video you have several examples that explain the potential of this technology in a very clear and illustrative way.

“Recall” is temporarily out and that’s a shame

The truth is that “Recall” was one of the most interesting features of all that Copilot+ was originally supposed to include. With this feature, our PC would be capable take screenshots of everything we do create a huge database that you could use later answer and search anything very fast.

For example, imagine you’re looking for a specific email or image, or you have a question about a backlog that you can’t answer because you can’t find the documentation they sent you. With “Recall” you can get out of all these situations in secondsand without any effort, with the time saving that all this entails.

Unfortunately, this feature is serious privacy and security concerns, which makes perfect sense because it creates a database of everything we do with the PC, and it caused so much controversy that Microsoft decided to delay its launch. At this time, “Recall” is only available on the Insider channel, where it accepts a “body and paint” session.

If all goes well, it will end up in its final version in a few months and will be implemented as a feature that won’t be enabled by default, a plan completely contrary to what Microsoft originally had. In order to use the “Invoke” function, we will need a large amount of free storage to be reserved for this function. Originally they were supposed to be at least 50 GBbut this data may change in the final version.

Microsoft emphasized that the “Recall” feature works locally and running in the background via NPU, so in theory it does not need external resources and the entire database remains on our PC, where it is protected by BitLocker encryption. Nothing in this database is shared or used for targeted advertising purposes, but None of this could save the Redmond giant from controversy.