THAT’S ALL FOLKS… UNLESS YOU’RE USING A COPILOT+ PC

If you thought life wasn’t confusing enough, a number of key features that Microsoft has rolled out as part of Windows 11 24H2 will only be available to Copilot+ PCs. Or at least, that’s what Microsoft is saying now. It has form when it comes to changing its mind about such things, quietly adding features to Windows 10 that were once thought unique to Windows 11. There is some sense to this bifurcation of Windows, however, as all the features below use the neural processing unit (NPU) built into a handful of recent processors. And even if you bought a laptop with Intel’s Core Ultra inside, or AMD chips with first or second generation Ryzen AI inside, you’re out of luck: while those processors include NPUs, they aren’t powerful enough. Microsoft…

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