First off, we have more text actions that will be available in Click to Do. Copilot is currently a pop-up window, but Microsoft is changing that with the update. Now, you will have contextual AI options in the right-click menu, which makes the UI cleaner and more logical.
You will have two more features. One is the option to improve your reading fluency and punctuation with a reading coach. The other one is the “Immersive Reader” option, which is a mode that removes any website UI distractions from the thing you’re trying to read.
The second big change is that you will be able to find photos saved in the cloud via Windows search. The search box becomes more powerful with the update, and it should be able to find photos in the cloud via OneDrive. That is, if Microsoft could fix some of the issues with OneDrive sync, you know.
The improved search. | Image Credit – Microsoft
On top of that, the update is bringing some big new accessibility features. The first one is the long-awaited option to add custom words to the dictionary.
Basically, if there are any colloquial phrases you may have or hard-to-pronounce words not in the Windows dictionary, those will be able to be added via voice access. You should be able to say “add to vocabulary”. You will also be able to ask Windows to spell the word you just added, and “correct that” if it’s not spelled right as well. Wonderful addition, if I may add.
The update also brings an improved Voice Access tour. Yep, it’s simple, but meaningful as it may be tricky sometimes to figure out exactly what Voice Access can do. The tour will show you new features and improvements and you can start using them quicker.
As with any update, we also have plenty of fixes and security patches. The ability to turn off searching for clod-saved content via Windows search is added, and better controls to reduce the amount of notifications from widgets are added too. And finally, that annoying Start menu crash bug is fixed: the one that was caused by creating folders, if you’ve experienced it.
Unfortunately, though, not all is sparkly this time around. Curiously enough, not all Copilot+ PC will get these features, and some users might have to wait for some (unknown) time for them.
Back when Copilot+ PCs were introduced, they were powered by the Snapdragon X Elite. Chips were moved to the Arm architecture, meaning they run the same way your phone does. It replaced the aging x86 that’s been the standard for… as long as time itself, more or less.
This change, of course, started a trend with all the new cool Copilot+ PC features coming to the laptops powered by Snapdragon first. Microsoft stated that these AI features will be “coming soon” to AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, but “coming soon”… well, it’s not clear exactly when this means the features will come.
So, it won’t be a uniform launch of all the new features for Copilot+ laptops. Well… it is what it is.
If you want to explore preview builds of Windows 11, you can register for the Windows Insider Program.
After you register, you can switch the “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” to be on, and then check for updates. You should get Insider Preview then.
