Microsoft is making its artificial intelligence features widely available on Copilot Plus computers equipped with Intel and AMD chips. One of the most notable of these features will be Live Captions, which translates audio into English subtitles from dozens of different languages in real time.
Microsoft first began testing Live Captions on Intel and AMD devices last December, and it’s now available in the latest Windows 11 update. The update also includes Cocreator, an artificial intelligence tool in Paint that creates images based on a text description and what you’re currently drawing. In addition, Microsoft is also expanding access to the AI image editor and generator in the Photos app.
Previously, these features were only available on Copilot Plus computers with Qualcomm chips. Last year, Microsoft began testing Recall, an artificial intelligence feature that takes screenshots of your Copilot Plus PC activities and lets you search through them, on Intel and AMD devices, though there’s no word on when it will be widely available.
In addition, Microsoft is updating Voice Access, an accessibility feature that allows people to control their computer with their voice, on Qualcomm-powered Copilot Plus computers. Microsoft says that Voice Access users on these devices will now “be able to communicate with their computers using more descriptive and flexible language.” It also adds the ability to translate 27 languages into simplified Chinese. Microsoft says it plans to roll out both of these features to Intel and AMD devices in the future.
