When the Microsoft Recall AI tool’s initial preview was made public, numerous users expressed disapproval due to privacy and security concerns. Microsoft has finally made it accessible, but only Copilot Plus PCs may use it.
The new Recall AI tool is available for installation for Windows Insiders users. As I said, Copilot PCs may now use the new Recall AI capability. However, there is a catch: only Copilot PCs with Qualcomm processors will be able to use it; PCs with AMD or Intel processors will not be able to but it will come in 2025 (Expected).
Microsoft Recall AI Finally released
The first question that might arise to some users is: What is Microsoft Recall AI? Well, in simple words, it takes screenshots of almost everything on a PC, and it stores the data, and you can search, recall, and retrace your work. Users need to enable recall and search in recall app and you can see what were you doing previously using natural language queries. The best thing is you get a scrollable timeline so it is easy to skip to specific date and find the websites that you were working on. AI is used in Recall’s search results to match text and images from screenshots.
Security experts showed how easy someone could take recalls recorded on a Windows computer and access that data, which was kept on a target device without encryption, which is why Microsoft postponed the implementation of Recall, which was initially announced in May.
After this Microsoft said that this is Opt in feature so it will give users choice whether or not they like to opt in or not. According to Microsoft, you may quickly remove photos and manage which ones are kept. Additionally, the business permits websites and applications to be excluded from Recall.
Additionally, Recall automatically recognizes and does not preserve images of sensitive data, such as passwords, credit card numbers, and personal identification numbers.
According to the Microsoft corporation, no Recall snapshots will be accessible to it, and neither will they be stored in the cloud or utilized to train Microsoft’s artificial intelligence models. Microsoft’s Windows Insider team states, “We don’t send your PC snapshots to Microsoft or third parties, and we don’t use them for training purposes.” “We cannot restore your snapshots if you remove Windows Hello or if you need to reset your computer or move to a new computer because Microsoft cannot access the keys to view your encrypted data.”
To use recall, Windows Hello is a necessary feature that will confirm your presence, and users can then access the feature. One important thing is that it requires bitlocker and secure boot both, and it should be available on Copilot PCs.
In the meanwhile, Recall’s Click to Do feature is made to identify text and pictures in Recall snapshots so you can do AI-powered actions on them, such as copying text or storing photos from previous snapshots.
Click to Do provides the following actions for text:
- Copy– Copy the text to your clipboard
- Open with– Open the selected text with your desired application,
- Web-Use your chosen browser to open any URL you recognize on the screen.
- Email-Use your choice email client to send an email to the address that appears on the screen.
Click to Do offers a number of choices for the image:
- Copy- Copy the image you wanted to your clipboard.
- Save As– Save the image.
- Share– Share the image with friends.
- Open with– Open the image in your desired application.
- Bing-Use Bing to do a visual search and display results that are relevant.
- Blur background using Photos-ย Use the Photos app to blur the images’ backdrop.
- Remove items using Photos– Use the Photos app to remove undesirable objects from the picture.
- Paint backdrop removal-ย Use the Paint application to eliminate the image’s background.
How to get Dev channel on your Copilot PCs
Follow these steps if you want to join the Dev channel on your Copilot PCs with this build insiders with Snapdragon powered PCs will get Recall preview and Click to Do preview.
- Use your Microsoft account or Microsoft Entra ID to sign up for the Windows Insider Program on our website. You should be able to access your Copilot+ PC using this same account.
- After your registration is complete the go to Settings > Windows Update > Windows Insider Programย on your PC and select the desired button i.e. Get started button.
- Make sure the account you use to log into Windows is the same one you used to register for the program when you are prompted to link an account.
- Select Dev Channel and reboot.
- Go to Settings > Windows Update after restarting and logging into your Copilot+ pc to see if there are any updates available. Build 26120.2415 ought to be available.
- Users can download the update and reboot to finish the update.
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