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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)Samsung sells a lot of stuff, and it sells it directly on its own web store. While the best deals are often to be found at retailers like Amazon and Best Buy, this week Samsung is keeping the savings for itself. The “Discover Samsung Summer Sale” is offering deep discounts on pretty much everything the company makes, but we’re particularly interested in laptops and monitors here at PCWorld.
For laptops, Samsung is offering big cuts on the Galaxy Book4 series. You can get the standard 15.6-inch laptop model for as little as $650, with a Core 7 120U processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. That’s $250 off the retail price. The Book4 Pro 360 model with a fold-back screen, Core 7 155H, 16-inch AMOLED screen, and 16GB/1TB setup is $1,400, a cool $500 off the retail price.
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Mark Hachman / IDG
Mark Hachman / IDG
And the top-of-the-line Book4 Ultra starts at $1,900 with a Core 7 155H CPU, the same AMOLED screen as the Pro 360, and 16GB/1TB, plus a discrete Nvidia RTX 4050 graphics card, for $1,900. Again, that’s $500 off the retail price. This one got an Editors’ Choice award when PCWorld reviewed it just a month ago.
I should add that all of these are available with discounts for trade-in products, which can be laptops, phones, or tablets from most manufacturers. The maximum trade-in discount is $600…but don’t expect to get that if you’re offering a dusty old PC.
On the monitor side of things, Samsung’s current discounts match some of the prices of more budget-focused brands like Dell. You can get a 34-inch OLED ultrawide monitor for $800, beating out the competition with USB-C video and some smart screen features. For those who want to go bigger, a 49-inch ultrawide VA-LED is also $800.
Samsung
Samsung
Samsung
The showstopper in this collection is probably the Odyssey Ark, Samsung’s unique 4K 55-inch gaming “monitor” with an extreme curve and a rotating base. It’s certainly not for everyone, and not for anyone on a budget with a $3,000 starting price. But if this thing has caught your eye, you can get the second-gen update for $1,800, a shocking 40 percent off the regular price.
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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)It never rains, but it pours. It seems like every major PC manufacturer is on board with Microsoft and Qualcomm’s push for Arm-based laptops, and HP is no exception. The first two models, coming as soon as next month, are the OmniBook X and the EliteBook Ultra. Both are rocking the ubiquitous Snapdragon X Elite 12-core CPU.
HP
HP
HP
On top of that, these initial designs seem pretty standard. The Omnibook X is a 14-inch model with a 2240×1400 IPS touchscreen, double USB-C ports and USB-A just to keep you covered. The webcam is surprisingly hi-res at five megapixels, complete with infrared for Windows Hello, and there’s an option for a Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 upgrade (though 6E and 5.3 are standard). RAM starts at 16GB of DDR5 with an optional 32GB upgrade, and storage comes in a similarly variable 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB Gen4 SSD.
HP
HP
HP
Interestingly, HP is giving a lot of data on the battery life, something that’s been nebulous in other Snapdragon laptops. The company says that the OmniBook X’s 3-cell, 59 watt-hour battery can handle over 26 hours of local video playback. But it also says you’re more likely to get 22 hours if that’s Netflix streaming and “just” 12 hours of use if you’re on a truly marathon Microsoft Teams call.
All together these point to impressive, but not mind-blowing, longevity. Combined with a 2.97-pound weight and .57-inch chassis, it looks like a pretty sleek little number. The OmniBook X will go on sale next month for a base price of $1,099.
HP
HP
HP
The more premium of the two offerings is the EliteBook Ultra. (“Elite” and “Ultra” in the same laptop name, gee-golly-gosh). This 14-inch design is considerably sleeker as it tapers down to just .33 inches thick at the front, though the rear is more typical at .56 inches, and the weight is 2.97 pounds. The display is the same 2240×1400 resolution with touch.
HP
HP
HP
The EliteBook gets the same double USB-C, single USB-A port setup, 5MP camera, and wireless options as the OmniBook, but it maxes out at 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. Ditto for the 59-watt-hour battery with the same super-long video life estimates. The big difference that makes this laptop “elite” appears to be the styling, and to be sure, its all-blue aluminum chassis (complete with blue backlight for the keyboard) is pretty snazzy.
HP apparently thinks that extra touch of style is worth about $500, even with the reduced maximum options for the RAM and storage. The EliteBook Ultra will go on sale in June starting at $1,699.
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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)Today marks a historic day for the Dell XPS 13: it’s the first Dell XPS 13 notebook without an Intel chip inside. But no, it isn’t an AMD Ryzen chip. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite powers the new XPS 9345, instead.
And that’s not all. The Dell Latitude 7455 uses the Snapdragon X Elite, and the slower, slightly less powerful Snapdragon X Plus will ship as part of the Latitude 7455, too, as well as the Latitude 5455, Inspiron 14 and Inspiron 14 Plus.
We knew that Dell had signed up to use the Snapdragon X Elite as early as last October, when nine PC makers committed to supporting Qualcomm’s new X Elite processor. We didn’t know as much about the Snapdragon X Plus, which uses a cut-down version of the Elite without the turbo boost options. But it seems that Dell is even more committed to the X Plus than the X Elite.
Presumably, these will be Copilot+ PCs, offering the AI benefits of features that Microsoft announced Monday Those include Recall, which will allow you to hunt down information on an explorable timeline; Live Captions with AI-generated captions of streamed audio; Auto Super Resolution; and Cocreator, the AI art generator within Microsoft Paint. All have Copilot keys.
Dell XPS 13 9345
The Dell XPS 13 9345 goes on sale today, but will ship “later this year,” Dell says, for a starting price of $1,299.
On paper, Dell’s Snapdragon-powered XPS 13 is very similar to the existing XPS 13, which uses an Intel Core Ultra processor. While the processor differs, of course, the weight (2.70 pounds) is the same. Dell offers the same 13.4-inch screen options (2560×1600, 120Hz; 2880×1800, 60Hz; and 1920×1200, 120Hz) as it does on the existing Intel-based XPS 13. Even the dimensions are exactly the same (11.62 x 7.84 x 0.58-0.60in) as the Intel-based XPS 13, which implies that one of the selling points of the X Elite platform was a minimal redesign of the platform.
The Dell XPS 13 9345, in Platinum.
The Dell XPS 13 9345, in Platinum.Dell
The Dell XPS 13 9345, in Platinum.Dell
Dell
Dell isn’t saying what the expected battery life of the XPS 13 9345 is, either. It has a 55Wh battery inside, same as the Core Ultra version. That may prove to be a big difference, or it may not.
Dell’s new XPS 13 9345 also includes a 1080p webcam. WiFi 7 is inside.
There are a couple interesting differences, however. For one, the new Dell XPS 13 9345 ships in either Platinum or Graphite, rather than just Graphite. Dell includes 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB storage options, but also promises a 4TB storage option that will be offered later — something that’s not advertised on the Core Ultra model. Dell’s XPS 13 (Core Ultra) also offers an 8GB LPDDR5 option; the Snapdragon-powered XPS 13 does not. Otherwise, you’ll have a choice of 16, 32, and 64GB of LPDDR5X memory inside.
Dell XPS 13 9345, here in the Graphite color option.
Dell XPS 13 9345, here in the Graphite color option.Dell
Dell XPS 13 9345, here in the Graphite color option.Dell
Dell
There’s also an intriguing twist: Dell will ship the XPS 13 using the X1 Elite X1E-80-100 to American customers, but has reserved a model with the X Plus (the X1P-64-100) for China only. And — as somewhat expected — these laptops don’t ship with Thunderbolt ports, since Intel doesn’t certify non-Intel laptops. Instead, one compatible USB4 port is included.
You’ll have the option of either Windows 11 Home or Pro, optimized for Windows on Arm.
Dell Inspiron 14, Inspiron 14 Plus 7441
Dell isn’t sharing the price and release date for the Dell Inspiron 14, but it is for the Dell Inspiron Plus 7441. That laptop can be preordered today, to ship later this year for a starting price of $1,099.
Unlike the Dell XPS 13 9345, Dell’s Inspiron line has been welcoming of non-Intel processors. But this is still the first Inspiron to use a Qualcomm chip inside.
Dell’s Inspiron 14 Plus 7441.
Dell’s Inspiron 14 Plus 7441.Dell
Dell’s Inspiron 14 Plus 7441.Dell
Dell
As the name might suggest, the Inspiron 14 Plus 7441 includes a Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 inside, with just a single memory option of 16GB of LPDDR5X DRAM. Dell offers two storage options, however: an PCI NVMe SSD in 512GB and 1TB capacity points. The laptop includes a 14-inch, 2560×1600 display.
The Ice Blue laptop includes a pair of USB 4.0 ports, a 10Gbps USB-A port, a microSD card reader, and a headphone jack. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 offer connectivity.
The Dell Inspiron Plus 7441 is slightly heavier than the XPS 13, at 3.17 pounds. It measures 12.36 x 8.8 x 0.66in.
The Dell Latitude 7455.
The Dell Latitude 7455.Dell
The Dell Latitude 7455.Dell
Dell
Dell did not publish the specifications of the Dell Inspiron 14.
Dell Latitude 7455, Dell Latitude 5455
Dell didn’t provide the launch date or the cost of these laptops. The company didn’t provide specifications for the Dell Latitude 5455, either.
The Dell Latitude 7455 offers the choice of either the Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 or the Snapdragon X Plus, the X1P-64-100, hiding behind a 14-inch 2560×1600 display. The 400-nit IPS display offers multitouch capabilities.
Dell
Dell
Dell
You’ll have the option of “up to” 32GB of LPDDR5x SDRAM and up to a terabye of Gen4PCIe SSD storage in an M.2 slot. Connectivity is provided by WiFi7 and an optional 5G Qualcomm modem, plus Bluetooth 5.4. A Pluton processor provides security. You also have the choice of either a 54W battery that’s either standard or rated for a long life cycle.
Ports include a pair of USB 40 ports, an undisclosed 10Gbps port, an optional fingerprint reader, microSD card reader and a 3.5mm jack.
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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)Today might be the coming-out party for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips and a sizeable number of laptop partners, but Intel wants to remind you that it will reveal its next-gen Core Ultra mobile chips, code-named “Lunar Lake,” in roughly a week’s time.
Intel executives, in what was clearly an effort to distract from the launch of a number of PCs powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, said that Lunar Lake is currently in production and is on track to ship in the third quarter. Intel’s next desktop processor, “Arrow Lake,” is on track to ship during the fourth quarter of 2024.
Microsoft launched its Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 with Snapdragon X Elite chips inside at a launch in Redmond, Wash., alongside several laptop vendors using Qualcomm’s chip running on Windows on Arm, including Lenovo, Dell, and Acer.
In response, Intel executives added to what we already know about Lunar Lake on Monday. What’s new? Lunar Lake will include new “Lion Cove” performance cores (“P-cores”) as well as new “Skymont” efficiency (“E-cores,”) both with “significant IPC [instructions-per-clock, or performance] improvements,” said Dan Rogers, general manager of the Client Performance Marketing Lab at Intel, in a briefing with reporters.
What’s new in Intel’s Lunar Lake Core Ultra chip.
What’s new in Intel’s Lunar Lake Core Ultra chip.Intel
What’s new in Intel’s Lunar Lake Core Ultra chip.Intel
Intel
Intel also confirmed that Lunar Lake will include the Xe2 GPU, also known as “Battlemage,” which will debut on Lunar Lake before it appears in discrete GPUs. The core should deliver 1.5 times the performance of the previous generation, executives said.
Finally, the NPU will scale to above 45 TOPS, with total TOPS (GPU+CPU+NPU) scaling above 100 TOPS, with 60 TOPS coming from the GPU alone. Intel is building in Xe Matrix Extensions (XMX) into the NPU to improve AI acceleration, added Robert Hallock, Intel vice president and general manager of client AI and technical marketing.
We’ve known for a while that Lunar Lake will prioritize low power, the same emphasis Intel pinned to Meteor Lake. “We’ve reworked all of the IPs [logic blocks] for power efficiency and performance per watt,” Rogers said.
Intel has said before that Lunar Lake will be the first 18A (angstrom) chip. In 2022, Intel executives told the Hot Chips conference that Lunar Lake would be optimized for ultraportables running at 15 watts and below. And Lunar Lake has already publicly appeared in a handheld PC that will be shown off at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan.
“I want to call out a big goal for Lunar Lake is not just sizing up [increasing] all of the performance engines, but also doing that while advancing battery life in the biggest way that we’ve done in X86 architecture,” Rogers said.
That, of course, is likely an indirect reference to the all-day battery life Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite PCs will offer. Lunar Lake will include an “advanced” low-power island and Intel’s 3D packaging, executives said.
Intel released some early performance estimates of Lunar Lake, but they’re pretty skimpy at this point.
Intel released some early performance estimates of Lunar Lake, but they’re pretty skimpy at this point.Intel
Intel released some early performance estimates of Lunar Lake, but they’re pretty skimpy at this point.Intel
Intel
Intel executives also released some early performance estimates, but they should be taken with an even larger chunk of salt than usual. In Stable Diffusion 1.4’s AI art generator, Intel claims that an undisclosed Lunar Lake chip will outperform a Snapdragon X Elite by 1.4 times, and that its core performance will be “faster” than both the Ryzen 7 8840U and the Snapdragon X Elite as well. Intel is also saying that in a 3×3 Microsoft Teams call, Lunar Lake will consume up to 30 percent less power than a Ryzen 7840U and up to 20 percent less than an older Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3.
However, Intel’s fine print claims that some of these claims are “estimates” and measurements compared against public claims by its competitors, and that they are “subject to further testing.”
Intel’s desktop chip, Arrow Lake, is coming later
Remember, Intel’s 2024 has been dominated by two different mobile chips, Meteor Lake as well as Lunar Lake — part of Intel’s forced march to catch up from the stalled 14nm process that persisted through Intel’s 11th-gen Core platform in 2021. Intel is expected to talk about Lunar Lake, which should be formally named the Core Ultra Series 2, in more detail at the Computex show in Taiwan. There, Intel may provide an update about Arrow Lake — the desktop chip it talked about at CES — as well. But it sounds like Computex will be, from Intel’s perspective, heavily dominated by Lunar Lake.
So far, Intel executives professed themselves pleased with how Intel has fared in the AI PC generation. Intel has shipped 7 million units of Meteor Lake chips to date.
“When we crossed the 5 million threshold…that number of units was equal to entire output of our competitors in 2023 in the entire PC space,” Hallock said. “So we’re moving hard and fast on the hardware, but we’ve got to back that up with the software.”
Intel
Intel
Intel
Last fall, Intel launched an AI acceleration program, aiming to get software developers writing for Intel’s hardware. Again, it’s a bid to capture the AI market, this time in software. Hallock said that Intel has worked with McAfee to move deepfake detection to the NPU. It has also been able to run LLMs, or AI chatbots, in both English and Chinese on the Core Ultra, and that it would be showing off Microsoft’s new Phi-3-mini model on the Core Ultra, too. The latter is a “small language model” (SLM), which is expected to run locally on a PC.
“We have more models, frameworks runtimes and applications running than our competitors and we think this sets us up very nicely to deliver a robust and rich experience,” Hallock said.
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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)Microsoft and Qualcomm are going full steam ahead in their push to bring Arm-powered Windows machines to the mainstream, and they’ve enlisted Lenovo’s help. The company is bringing introductory models from both its consumer and business lines, the Yoga Slim 7x and ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, respectively.
Our video team got some hands-on time with both of these laptops at a Lenovo presentation. Check out their initial impressions in the video below!
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6
I’m gonna start with the ThinkPad, because I like ThinkPads and I’m writing this article, so there. The T series is a staple for businesses and anyone who likes good keyboards and the signature Trackpoint (the red mouse nub thing), so it’s hardly surprising that this model can fit in with other Lenovo designs even while packing some big changes under the hood. With its standard clamshell design and unassuming branding, plus Lenovo’s more common lid flair, it has looks best described as “familiar.”
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
Inside you get a 12-core Snapdragon X Elite processor, which packs an Adreno integrated GPU and an NPU that Qualcomm rates at 45 trillions of operations per second. RAM is “up to ” 64GB of DDR5, storage is “up to” 1TB PCIe 4. Lenovo let us poke around at the new laptops and even peek under the bottom cover, where it looks like you can swap out the storage, but not memory. Hardly surprising. Ports are double USB-C and double USB-A, plus HDMI 2.1 and a headphone jack, covering a nice range for business travelers.
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
ThinkPads are often weak on the display side of things, but Lenovo is offering a nice selection here, with 14-inch 1920×1200 IPS panels in both standard and touch varieties. A premium upgrade to OLED at “2.8K” (that’s what Lenovo calls 2880×1800) is also available. Other notable hardware includes a physical camera privacy shutter, a ThinkPad staple, with infrared sensors for Windows Hello logins, fingerprint reader on the power button, and twin microphones. The laptop is surprisingly thin and light, .67 inches (16.9mm) and just 2.72 pounds (1.24kg). Thanks, Arm chips!
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x
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Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
On the consumer side of things, the Yoga Slim 7x 14 Gen 9 (oof, mouthful) is slimmer (.51 inches, 23.9mm) and sleeker in just about every way, despite being slightly heavier at 2.82 pounds. It’s running on the same Snapdragon X Elite processor with up to 1TB of Gen 4 storage, though the maximum memory is cut to “just” 32GB DDR5.
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
Despite the Yoga name, this is a standard clamshell laptop without the fold-back hinge. All versions of this Yoga use a 14.5-inch OLED with an extremely specific 2944×1840 resolution, with 1000 nits of brightness, slightly faster than normal 90hz of refresh rate, and of course, touch. That’s an eye-catching combination of great specs. The little lip around the camera allows it to have a physical shutter and IR sensors, though it’s a standard 1080p cam. Strangely microphones are doubled up on the Yoga, four versus two.
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
Willis Lai/Foundry
The Yoga is so slim that you’re only getting USB-C ports, two on the left and one on the right, though all three can handle power, video, and 40 gigabits per second data. Inside is a robust 70 watt-hour battery, and you can have any color you want, so long as you want Cosmic Blue.
Both laptops are coming to market in June. The ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 will start at $1699, while the Yoga Slim 7x will start at $1199.
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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)We’ve seen Windows-based PCs built around Arm processors before, but this year Microsoft and Qualcomm are pushing for a new generation of more powerful, more efficient machines. And OEMs are onboard in spades. Acer’s first new laptop running on the updated SoC designs will be the Swift 14 AI — and yes, “AI” in the name means it’s packing a Neural Processing Unit (NPU).
But from the outside, there’s nothing to indicate that the Swift 14 AI is anything more than its siblings in the Swift series — straightforward laptop designs with good materials and a certain lack of flamboyance. The clamshell is using an aluminum-alloy body and a 2560×1600 IPS screen with a faster-than-average 120Hz refresh rate. The hinge is 180 degrees, and though this isn’t a convertible laptop, you can upgrade to a touchscreen if you want.
Underneath the backlit keyboard is a choice of Snapdragon X Plus or X Elite processors, 10 cores and 12 cores respectively, both running at 3.4GHz when you get them humming. Storage and RAM seem a little more familiar: “up to” 1TB Gen 4 and 32GB DDR5. Acer says that the built-in NPU can handle up to 45 TOPS (trillions of operations per second), though Windows’ ability to actually take advantage of that for anything beyond blurring video backgrounds is still in question.
Acer
Acer
Acer
Speaking of which, Acer upgraded the webcam a bit — it’s a 1440p model instead of the typical 1080p, complete with an IR sensor for compatibility with Windows Hello logins. As far as ports go, you get two USB-C ports supporting both charging and video, two more USB-A 3.2 ports, and a headphone jack. Acer says there’s a USB-C-to-HDMI adapter in the box. The whole kit and caboodle weighs 3.7 pounds, pretty average for a 14-inch laptop with those ports.
The battery is on the beefy side at 75 watt-hours with fast charging. Acer claims up to 12 hours of longevity, which is oddly low for an Arm-based laptop — just last week we spotted some Dell estimates (on a smaller battery, no less) that were way beyond that. But I’m getting ahead of myself; we need to get these things into the laboratory to do our own testing before we make any final judgments.
And when might we — and you — be able to put hands on the Swift 14 AI? Acer says it’ll be hitting shelves sometime in July in North America, with a starting price of $1,099.99.
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| | | PC World - 3 hours ago (PC World)To date, PC vendors have shipped AI PCs. On Monday, Microsoft announced the next step in the AI PC’s evolution, the Copilot+ PC, and announced AI-powered Windows 11 features like Recall.
“The pursuit has always been about how to build computers that understand us, instead of having us having to understand computers, and I feel like we really are close to that breakthrough,” said Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, in a briefing with reporters on Microsoft’s campus.
A Copilot+ PC combines local, on-device AI with cloud AI, according to Microsoft, to provide a range of services. Some of the new laptops shipping with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus processors will be classified as Copilot+ PCs, taking advantage of the NPU found within both chips. That NPU will power local AI functions, with over 45 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) driving the AI engine.
Windows 11 pro
Windows 11 Pro
Microsoft’s Yusef Mehdi showed Copilot interacting with Photos, Settings, and even Minecraft, where Copilot actually talked to the user, recognizing what it saw on the screen. “It really will be a whole new way of experiencing the world,” Mehdi said.
The Copilot key on Samsung’s Galaxy Book4 Ultra laptop.
The Copilot key on Samsung’s Galaxy Book4 Ultra laptop.Mark Hachman / IDG
The Copilot key on Samsung’s Galaxy Book4 Ultra laptop.Mark Hachman / IDG
Mark Hachman / IDG
Microsoft is orienting many of its apps and services around AI, and its Copilot brand. Of course, consumers will be able to tap the special Copilot key to launch Copilot, which is still a cloud-based AI service. But Windows will also include new AI powered features, too:
Recall: This is what some referred to as “AI Explorer,” a feature that Microsoft seems to be aiming at certain PCs with powerful NPUs like the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and Plus. Recall allows users to find anything on their PC just by describing it. The idea is that you’ll be able to scroll back to find apps, documents, or messages that may have become lost or misplaced. Recall appears to be an updated, AI-powered version of Timeline, the 2018 organizational tool that Microsoft scrapped in 2021.
Carolina Hernandez, a product manager at Microsoft, showed how she was chatting with her grandmother about a blue dress she had found on Pinterest. Recall allowed her to scroll back in time, find the chat, and the link. She did the same on a project creating a marketing deck.
Recall is private, with small language models running directly on your device. It’s designed to be private, and you can exclude documents and websites from Recall’s eyes.
Some of the other tools you may have seen before.
Live Captions, first introduced in the Windows 11 2022 Update, is a nifty, if rather unpolished tool to apply captions to any source of video playing on your PC: from YouTube (which has its own captioning capabilities) to just a digitized video of your high-school graduation that you have stored on your PC.
Mark Hachman / IDG
Mark Hachman / IDG
Mark Hachman / IDG
Expect Microsoft to beef up Live Captions’ capabilities with additional features over time, including live translations back and forth between foreign languages.
Cocreator, part of Microsoft Paint, was added in the fall of 2023. Cocreator is a simple version of AI art: Tell Cocreator what to draw, and it will. Cocreator feels a little simpler than, say, Stable Diffusion, as it’s handy for editing a scene or adding AI-generated objects or backgrounds.
Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft
Automatic Super Resolution is a technology that automatically upscales graphics and video, adding detail that might not have been there. I used it for games, but Microsoft announced it as an automatic video upscaler in Edge. Video Super Resolution works on machines with Nvidia GeForce RTX 20-series cards or newer, or AMD Radeon RX 5700 cards or newer. Microsoft was testing it in the “Canary” beta builds of Microsoft Edge, but it will graduate to the stable version of Edge soon.
Super Resolution is coming to the Photos app to upscale your photos.
Windows Studio Effects is probably familiar to you. I first encountered Windows Studio Effects a year ago with the Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (5G), an Arm-powered laptop with the software installed. Right now, Microsoft limits it to laptops with NPUs installed, since the effects (background blur, noise filtering, and a slightly creepy technology that makes it seem like you’re always looking at the camera) depends upon AI.
Microsoft appears to be beefing up Windows Studio Effects with additional filters.
Microsoft even showed off Copilot interacting with Xbox games (presumably the Xbox app). The demo showed off a way to actually ask Copilot what card to play in Solitaire, or what to do in Sea of Thieves. Microsoft didn’t actually say when this capability would arrive.
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