Windows 11 brings new Phone Link feature adds seamless phone-PC connectivity.
Notepad, Paint, Snipping Tool, and more now include AI capabilities.
New Click to Do and Press to Talk features let users interact with Copilot to summarize tasks.
Microsoft has announced new Surface laptops along with a bunch of new updates for Windows 11. The latest update includes a new Start Menu, smarter Copilot+ integrations, AI-driven features, Phone Link integration and more. While some of these updates are exclusive to Copilot+ devices, other features will be available for everyone. Notably, the latest Windows 11 updates will arrive first for Windows Insiders using Snapdragon X-powered Copilot+ PCs over the next month. However, the tech giant hasn’t specified the exact date.
SurveyFrom the new smart menu to the AI-powered Notepad and Click to Do feature, here’s everything that Windows 11 users will get.
Microsoft launches new Surface laptops
Microsoft has introduced the 12-inch Surface Pro and the 13-inch Surface Laptop, powered by the Snapdragon X Plus processor with 6GB of RAM. The devices aim to bring Copilot+ to more users at lower prices. Notably, the Pro model features a 12-inch touch-enabled display, allowing users to use it as a tablet as well as a full-fledged laptop by attaching the detachable keyboard. The Surface Pro comes at a starting price of $799 (roughly Rs 67,700) and the Surface Laptop price starts at $899 (roughly Rs 76,200).
Windows 11 latest update: what’s new
One of the standout updates for Windows 11 is the redesigned Start Menu. It will now offer a full-screen “All Apps” view based on users’ behaviour. The company is also adding a new Phone Link functionality, allowing users to connect their phone seamlessly. The update also brings AI functionalities to File Explorer, Notepad, Photos, Paint, Snipping Tool and more.
Microsoft, in a recent blog post, shared that Copilot+ PCs will get professional-grade AI editing tools to add dynamic lighting controls to pictures. The Paint app on Copilot+ PCs will let users generate stickers from a simple text prompt, while the Snipping tool is getting two new capture tools: a text extractor and a color picker to make it easier to edit the captured image.
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Furthermore, Click to Do is another newest Copilot+ feature that will let users copy text from an image, summarise text, and even remove objects or the background from a photo by just clicking Windows key + mouse click or Windows key + Q. Additionally, users can also ask Copilot to draft content in Microsoft Word, convert on-screen information into an Excel table, and schedule Teams meetings or send messages.
That’s not all, the new “Press to Talk” feature will allow users to interact with Copilot via voice commands by holding down the Copilot key on their keyboard.
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