Microsoft is bringing AI capabilities to significantly improve Windows Search on its new Copilot Plus PCs. Windows 11's search will now be powered by AI and offers a brand new Click to Do feature. It will also allow users to find images, emails, documents, and videos more easily. These AI features are scheduled to roll out in November.
Click to Do
Click to Do lets users press the Windows key and select an image or text to perform a clickable action. It analyzes everything you see on your screen and suggests useful shortcuts to quickly find, explore, edit, buy, or do other things with the selected items. The feature works across all windows, documents, images, and videos, and supports all apps.
Improved Search
Users will be able to search for images by keywords, even if those words aren’t in the photo or file name. The update will be initially available in File Explorer.
Later in the coming months, the updated search will be available in the Windows Settings app (Win + I). It will be able to intellectually suggest the needed option for the user who doesn't know the exact setting name.
Generative Fill and Erase in Paint
Microsoft is also adding generative fill and erase features to Microsoft Paint as part of new Windows AI capabilities, expanding Cocreator functionality of the app. Users can now select areas of images to remove.
In addition, it has become formulate a verbal query to make Paint add the desired element to the image or to its selected area. The "Looks good" option allows you to accept the proposed result or request its regeneration.
Microsoft has also updated the basic Cocreator model, which provides better and faster results. The built-in moderation system ensures that there is no explicit content in the images.
Super Resolution in Photos
This AI powered feature of the Photos app will allow you to transform your lower-resolution and older photos into high-quality images without the worry of blurriness or pixelation. You can increase the resolution by up to 8X. The process is hardware accelerated. With a powerful 40+ TOPS NPU, you can upscale your photos to 4K in seconds. Finally, you can instantly compare the processed image with the original one in the same view.
Microsoft plans to begin testing the new search and Click to Do features with Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs in October, then gradually roll them out in November. The previously announced Recall feature will also be available for testing in October on Qualcomm-powered devices, and later for Windows Insiders on Intel or AMD-powered Copilot Plus PCs.
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