Microsoft has finally launched one of the most controversial tools in Windows 11: To remind. Announced more than six months ago, the feature was designed to capture and store snapshots of a user’s PC activity and was intended to become an impressive reminder of our daily PC use, a kind of photographic memory. and as defined by Microsoft. But the truth is that not even 24 days passed between its announcement and the arrival of the first reviews.

After more than half a year, finally Recall is now available in public preview for members of the Windows Insider Program. Recall is built into Copilot+ devices running Windows 11 Dev build 26120.2415. That means it’s starting to arrive (and not yet in its final version) about five months after its originally planned debut date, which was to be produced with the first Copilot+ PC systems equipped (as you’ll remember) with a Qualcomm system. SoCs. Windows Recall is available in several languages, including English, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish. In addition, Microsoft plans to extend its support to Copilot+ devices with AMD and Intel processors in the near future.

As I remembered before, since your announcement This feature has been criticized due to possible risks related to the collection of sensitive data. A number of privacy experts have pointed out that a tool with such broad access to user activity could be used to track behavior patterns and collect personal data without the user’s full knowledge. Although Microsoft has assured from the start that snapshots are stored locally and not shared externally, those assurances haven’t convinced everyone, especially given the history of previous cases where sensitive information ended up being exposed due to security breaches.

To mitigate these concerns, the company introduced measures such as exclusive compatibility with devices that have Windows Hello and Secure Bootplus options to exclude specific apps or websites from capture. Even so, the debate over its impact on privacy remains open, with some digital rights organizations calling for more transparency about how this data is processed and protected. Criticism also focuses on the initial lack of clarity about what type of information is captured and how it is used.

The launch of this tool is another example of Redmond’s focus on integrating artificial intelligence into its ecosystem, but it’s also a testament to the challenges of balancing innovation and privacy. For now, interested users can test the feature through the Insider program and contribute their feedback to improve the tool before its official launch… if they dare, of course.

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