Microsoft is beginning to roll out its next feature update of Windows 11, the Windows 11 2024 Update, beginning today. But Microsoft obviously isn’t done yet, and it’s offering a sneak peek at new Copilot experiences which will debut this fall, including Copilot Voice, Copilot Vision, and Copilot Daily, among others.
On the surface, the new additions to Copilot sound similar to multimodal ChatGPT (or GPT-4o) that OpenAI launched earlier this year, where ChatGPT can now “see” and an Advanced Voice feature means that you can have conversations with it. But there are some key differences between what Microsoft and OpenAI are offering, and only some of Microsoft’s Copilot innovations will be available right away.
It’s probably safe to say, though, that Copilot Voice will be the most important addition — and Copilot Vision may not be. In fact, some might see Copilot Vision as just another version of Recall, Microsoft’s controversial search feature that the company has delayed while users test it more thoroughly.
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