mayaskAt IFA 2024, Microsoft confirmed that its suite of Copilot+ features is set to come to AMD and Intel laptops later this year. In a blog post, Microsoft disclosed that AMD and Intel PCs that meet the minimum Copilot+ requirements will receive the AI features in November via free Windows 11 updates.
The inclusion of AMD and Intel had been uncertain since Microsoft initially launched Copilot+ laptops exclusively with Qualcomm CPUs earlier this year. Although AMD and Intel firmly asserted that the AI features would be available on their respective Ryzen AI 300 and Lunar Lake CPUs, neither company offered a definite time frame.
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Just moments after Intel fully detailed its Lunar Lake laptop CPUs, which are set to go on sale later in September, Microsoft’s announcement came. AMD has already released its Ryzen AI 300 chips in laptops like the Asus Zenbook S 16 OLED. Both these ranges meet Microsoft’s minimum requirements for Copilot+, which calls for a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) with at least 45 Tera Operations Per Second (TOPS) of power.
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All laptops that meet the requirements will get a bunch of features come November. These include Live Captions with translation, image generation in Microsoft Paint, and AI adjustments in the Photos app. Laptops will also have access to Windows Studio Effects in video calls, which are already available on current and last-gen laptops.
One feature that might not be included is Recall. This controversial feature was removed from Copilot+. It tracks everything you do on your PC to provide context-aware responses, and so far, no one has been able to use Recall outside of the press. Microsoft has confirmed that Recall will launch in October for Windows Insiders, potentially paving the way for a wider rollout in November when AMD and Intel laptops get Copilot+ certification.
Both AMD and Intel are ready for Copilot+ with their latest CPUs, and they claim to have a performance advantage over Qualcomm when it comes to AI tasks. Intel says its Lunar Lake NPU is capable of 50 TOPS, while AMD claims that its Ryzen AI 300 CPUs have the fastest NPU on the market. We’ll see how these ranges can handle Copilot+ tasks when the feature set becomes available later this year.
