Microsoft rolls out a bunch of AI features for Windows 11

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Microsoft has announced that it has begun rolling out several AI features for Windows 11 PCs. Only a couple of these options are available for non-Copilot+ PCs.

Let's start with the ones that are exclusive to Copilot+ PCs. Windows 11 users can access AI features in the Settings app to change things, or get recommendations, simply by typing their query.

For example: Open Settings and type, "I want to enable quiet hours", or "connect Bluetooth device", or "change my resolution to 1920×1080." The AI will offer options to complete the action, and can also undo settings that you change.

Microsoft says that the AI agent in Settings supports hundreds of options. The Redmond company has uploaded a video on YouTube that demos the AI-powered Settings app.

Click to Do now lets you improve your reading fluency and pronunciation with the Practice in Reading Coach. It requires a free app to be downloaded from the Microsoft Store to work.  Users can choose the "Read with Immersive Reader"?text action to read text in a distraction-free environment, with customizable text size, spacing, font, background theme, speech-to-text, and more. Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers can access Draft with Copilot in Word to create drafts from sentences and snippets.

Microsoft Teams users can use Click to Do to perform text actions when selecting an email address, for instance, to send a message to schedule a meeting on Teams.

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