The company is also working on a new history/timeline feature. It will allow users to scroll back in time and filter through all the apps and websites Copilot has remembered. For example, you could type “FY24 revenues” into a search and every instance where that term has been on the screen will reappear.
AI will also improve Windows search by enabling natural language. If you can’t remember the title or content of a document, the search query “find me the document Bob sent me on WhatsApp a few days ago” is something Windows search will really understand.
Other artificial intelligence features include so-called super resolution, which will utilise NPU hardware to enhance video and graphics in games. Also in development is an improved version of Live Captions, which will be able to translate audio from video or live conversation – in real time – into different languages.
Under Panos Panaya, the former head of Windows, Microsoft changed the way it releases new versions of the system. The decision was made to go to a three-year update cycle, which was supplemented by small updates every few months. The new management is returning to the annual release of major versions of the platform.
Already in 2024 Microsoft plans to release a new major version of the system under the code name Germanium, on which the release of Hudson Valley will be based later.
