Last week, OpenAI and Google revolutionised technical advancements with the launch of their latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) models: GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro. While consumers are still raving about these new large language models, Microsoft has widened the scope by announcing their AI-powered laptops: Copilot+ PC. 

We're excited to introduce Copilot+ PCs, the world's fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. With these Copilot+ PCs, you'll be able to do things you can't do on any other PC. https://t.co/mhvTrO1l1N

— Microsoft (@Microsoft) May 20, 2024

At the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Washington on Monday, April 20, the company announced Copilot+ PC — the world’s first AI-driven PCs designed to rival MacBook. With global usage of generative AI soaring to around 75%, Microsoft aims to lead this trend with their new Windows advancement from Surface—Surface Pro and Surface Laptop.

Higher performance, longer battery life, and blazing NPU speed with AI-powered apps.⚡ Everything you need, all in one place – meet the next generation of Surface Laptop. #CopilotPCs

Pre-order Surface Laptop today. https://t.co/uXnKKa8fDm pic.twitter.com/pNwOemtub6

— Microsoft Surface (@surface) May 20, 2024

Touted as the most intelligent, fastest, and longest-lasting Windows PC, Bounce Networks assesses Microsoft’s latest offerings, and their revolutionary features. 

Five Incredible Features on Microsoft Copilot + Pcs

Photographic Memory: “Recall”

Copilot+ PC have been designed in a way that makes them recall instantly any operation or commands that have been executed or seen.  On any website,  application or document, this feature runs in the background and seemingly stores everything that’s been done or seen, to regurgitate promptly on users’ cues. 

To uphold content moderation and privacy, apps, and websites can be filtered from being saved, as users will be dominantly in control. 

GPT-4o Powered CoPilot

Microsoft Windows in its advanced model has provided users with a personal AI agent that can be accessed with the new copilot key on the keyboard. The company partnered with OpenAI to enable access to GPT-4-o which will allow users to have real-time voice conversations as they operate their PCs.

Real time conversations with your AI companion Copilot, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o. pic.twitter.com/Ug7EWv2sah

— Microsoft Copilot (@MSFTCopilot) May 20, 2024

Live Captions and Transitions 

To foster clearer and better communication, every Copilot+ PC will offer live captions and live translation support to users. Simply put, every audio that passes through these models will captioned and translated live and in real time, even while offline and across any app.

Translation will be in English Language and covers over 40 languages. 

Co-create with AI

Using Cocreator in Paint, Copilot+ PC users can create, refine, and evolve images in near real-time by combining ink strokes and descriptive text. 

This feature simplifies the process of bringing ideas to life with ease and precision.

Advanced Hardware Integration

These PCs are equipped with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and chips, delivering up to 15 hours of web browsing and 20 hours of video playback on a single charge. 

As highlighted above, Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC’s frontier models will be the Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, currently available for pre-ordering at a starting price of  $999. According to the company, the products will be available at key retailers globally from June 18. 

Meanwhile, other top original equipment manufacturers— HP, ASUS, Acer, Lenovo, Dell and Samsung — partnered with Windows to produce their Copilot+ PCs products which will also be available globally from June 18.