Microsoft Copilot Updated With AI-Powered Voice and Vision Features; Recall Availability Expanded

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Microsoft
is
rolling
out
new
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
features
to

Copilot,
the
company’s
native
chatbot.
The
tech
giant
is
now
adding
both
voice
and
vision
capabilities
to
the
chatbot,
after
announcing
them
on
Tuesday.
Microsoft
claims
that
the
new
Copilot
features
are
aimed
at
offering
an
intuitive
design
along
with
“speedy
and
fluent
answers”.
The
Copilot
Voice
feature
is
similar
to
Gemini
Live
and
ChatGPT’s
Voice
Mode. Meanwhile,
the
much-criticised
Recall
feature
will
finally
be
expanded
to
all
Windows
Insider
users
this
month.

Microsoft
Copilot
Updated
With
AI-Powered
Features

In
a

blog
post,
Microsoft
has
shared
several
details
of
the
new
AI
features
coming
to
Copilot.
These
features
will
be
available
on
the
Copilot
app
on

iOS
and
Android,
the
web
client,
as
well
as
the
Copilot
assistant
on

Windows.
The
latter
will
only
be
available
on
the
Copilot+
PCs,
which
are
currently
powered
by
the
Snapdragon
X
series
chipsets.

Copilot
Voice

With
four
voice
options,
users
can
now
experience
a
hands-free
voice
conversation
with
Microsoft’s
chatbot.
The
company
said
it
could
be
used
for
brainstorming,
asking
a
quick
query,
or
just
to
have
a
friendly
conversation.

Notably,
while
the
feature
will
offer
a
speech-to-speech
experience,
the
company
has
not
highlighted
whether
the
output
generation
would
be
in
real-time,
or
if
it
would
support
an
emotive
voice.

Copilot
Vision

Copilot
Vision
is
also
being
added.
This
is
a
new
way
to
interact
with
the
AI.
Once
enabled,
the
feature
will
be
able
to
see
what
the
user
sees
on
the
screen.
The
feature
also
supports
voice
mode,
letting
users
ask
verbal
queries
about
the
content.
For
instance,
users
can
show
the
AI
a
picture
of
furniture
and
ask
about
its
colour
palette,
material,
and
more.

Since
this
feature
can
be
perceived
as
invasive
to
user
privacy,
Microsoft
has
also
added
several
layers
of
security
measures.
The
feature
is
opt-in
and
will
not
work
till
the
user
explicitly
activates
it.

Even
after
activating
it,
the
feature
currently
only
works
with
a
limited
number
of
websites.
Further,
the
tech
giant
added
that
the
data
processed
by
the
chatbot
will
not
be
collected
or
used
to
train
the
AI.

Windows
Recall

Microsoft’s
Recall
feature,
which
takes
passive
screenshots
of
a
user’s
laptop
or
desktop
and
can
keep
track
of
the
user’s
activity
locally,
is
now
rolling
out
to
a
wider
user
base.
Microsoft
highlighted
in
a

blog
post
that
the
feature
will
be
rolled
out
to
Windows
Insiders
using
Copilot+
PCs
this
month.