Copilot Plus PC software TESTED _ These AI features NEED WORK! (Recall, Live Captions, Cocreate)

**Hands-On with Microsoft’s Co-pilot Plus AI Features at Computex Taipei**

The world of computing is buzzing with innovation, and nowhere was this more evident than at this year's Computex Taipei. The biggest topic dominating the show floor? Undoubtedly, **Microsoft’s Co-pilot Plus AI-powered PCs**, a groundbreaking integration of artificial intelligence into personal computing. These systems come equipped with a suite of advanced AI features designed to enhance productivity, creativity, and accessibility. We had the opportunity to dive hands-on with these cutting-edge features, and here’s what we discovered.

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### **1. Recall: The Flagship Feature**

At the heart of Co-pilot Plus lies **Recall**, billed as its standout feature. Designed to assist users in retrieving past activity through text or image recognition, Recall aims to make navigating your digital history seamless. During our time with Recall at a Qualcomm demo and various PC manufacturer sessions, we noticed both its promise and its current limitations.

For instance, when searching for "Reddit" in the web browser and then checking Recall’s visual search fields, the feature failed to deliver results—neither text nor image-based searches returned anything. A similar experience occurred while visiting Android Authority; Recall did manage to surface a result during visual search, placing it as the third option—a glimmer of hope for its potential.

However, **Recall isn't without its issues**. One particularly frustrating aspect is the process of re-enabling it after disabling screenshot saving in settings. Users are forced to navigate through multiple menus to reactivate Recall—a far cry from an intuitive user experience that Microsoft needs to address before launch.

Moreover, inconsistencies in filtering results were evident. While we could filter searches by Paint or Edge for one query, this option mysteriously vanished for others—raising questions about Recall’s stability and reliability.

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### **2. Privacy Concerns: A Cloud Over Recall’s Horizon**

As we delved deeper into Recall’s functionality, a significant concern emerged: **privacy**. Researcher Kevin Bowmont uncovered serious issues with how Recall handles data. Specifically, the feature stores search queries in plain text databases, which poses a security risk. Worse still, it even captures passwords if fields fail to blank them out.

While users can exclude certain apps and websites from Recall’s tracking, Microsoft must address these privacy vulnerabilities before the official release. The company has no choice but to ensure that Recall operates with stringent data protection measures in place to build user trust.

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### **3. Live Caption: A Step Forward for Accessibility**

Shifting focus to another standout feature, **Live Caption** mirrors its Android counterpart by providing real-time text captions and language translation—Qualcomm claims support for up to 44 languages, though this remains unverified. During our testing, we found the captions accurate enough, if not slightly delayed compared to built-in options.

The ability to move captions around on screen adds convenience, making it a boon for accessibility purposes. While it doesn’t match the polish of native captions, Live Caption holds its own and could be a game-changer for users relying on real-time text support.

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### **4. Image Co-Creator: Drawing Inspiration**

Next up is the **Image Co-Creator**, housed within Paint. This feature allows users to draw a basic image (like a house with the sun) and then enhance it using AI prompts. While we found it most effective when accompanied by specific instructions or a bit of effort in drawing, its "creativity slider" felt arbitrary—sometimes tweaking minor details and other times completely overhauling the image.

For example, when our colleague Paul Jones doodled a foot kicking a football, the results were far from expected—a testament to Co-Creator’s current hit-or-miss nature. Despite this unpredictability, it’s easy to see how Image Co-Creator could be a valuable tool for creative professionals, even if its current implementation is still rough around the edges.

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### **5. Hands-On Impressions and Future Outlook**

Overall, our hands-on experience with Co-pilot Plus was enlightening—if not entirely smooth. While features like Live Caption show real potential, Recall’s inconsistencies and privacy concerns highlight the need for further refinement before launch.

It remains to be seen whether Co-pilot Plus PCs are worth the investment. With devices set to debut on **June 18th**, early adopters will likely be the first to test these waters. For now, Live Caption stands out as a must-have feature, particularly for accessibility reasons. Image Co-Creator may appeal more to creative types, while Recall, despite its promise, needs time in the oven.

As we wrap up our Computex coverage, we’re curious to hear your thoughts: are these features something you’d use? Let us know in the comments below! Cheers, guys.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwe're in computex in taipe and the biggest topic by far has to be AI PCS namely co-pilot plus PCS from Microsoft these are PCS that have a suite of AI features namely image co-creator recall and live caption naturally we went hands on with these features just to have a look at them let's start with recall um this is probably the biggest selling point of uh co-pilot plus PCS and it lets you search for past activity either via text or using uh image recognition I got to spend some time with recall in a Qualcomm demo as well as uh in various PC manufacturers hands on sessions and even though it's early days I think it's fair to say that uh this is quite a heat and Miss feature right now as an example of how this feature works I uh searched for Reddit in the web browser and then uh jumped back to recall uh to see if I could find it over there but it didn't show up neither in the text or in the visual search Fields another example I I used was uh visiting Android authority in the edge browser and then searching for smartphone News website in recall it was the third option in visual search one annoying thing we discovered was the fact that if you disable the saving screenshot functionality in the settings menu you have to reenable saving screenshots and then head into the system trade to actually reenable recall again so that is a bit of an unintuitive approach that Microsoft needs to address ahead of it release there also seem to be inconsistencies when it comes to uh filtering results for example why can I filter by paint Edge and the file manager for one search but that field disappears for others it's not all bad for example I did a Google search for a specific dog breed shibba Inu if you must know and it actually showed um a tiny picture of shibba Inu in a website that uh previous attendees had visited in a demo there are also some serious privacy concerns that researcher Kevin Bowmont has uncovered recently and this includes uh a lot of recall data being stored in a plain text database plus recall captures passwords too if the field doesn't blank them out now you can exclude some apps and websites from recall but Microsoft needs to address these and other privacy issues meanwhile live caption functions in pretty much the same way as live caption on your Android phone it will give you captions in English but also translates a variety of languages into English a qual com 10d claimed up to 44 languages but we'll have to double check that these captions can be moved around for your convenience too there is understandably a delay uh compared to baked in captions and subtitles but at worst it seems as good as live caption on Android and at best it actually seems a little faster finally we've got the image co-creator which you can find in the paint app you simply draw a picture and then use the co-creator prompt field to Spruce it up or imagine it for example you can draw a picture of a house and sun and ask co-creator to turn it into a better drawing in saying so I found that this work best when you actually put a little effort into your drawings or you be more specific with your prompt but the creativity slider also seems to be quite arbitrary about uh when it goes from minor tweaks to your drawing to just outright changing it entirely it's also prone to some dodginess right now for example uh my colleague Paul Jones threw a a foot kicking a football and uh the results speak for themselves so that's what co-pilot plus features look like on Windows and uh these will becoming first to snaptag and PCs again it's still early days there still hope that things will be improved but if you are going to show it off publicly you know I think you would expect it to be a bit more polished than what it is right now is it worth picking up a co-pilot plus PC purely for these features it's still too early to say and devices are coming on June 18th only but live caption is a great addition particularly for accessibility purposes image co-creator isn't something I'd personally use but I I imagine it could be handy for Creative types recall is meant to be the big selling point and we do need to spend a bit more time with it but it's clear that between the privacy concerns and the HD and Miss results that it does need a little bit more time in the oven to make a great first impression this is still an a very early Hands-On and uh we weren't expecting everything to uh be smooth sailing what do you think of these co-pilot plus features are these features that you'll actually use are you interested by them let us know in the comments down below cheers guyswe're in computex in taipe and the biggest topic by far has to be AI PCS namely co-pilot plus PCS from Microsoft these are PCS that have a suite of AI features namely image co-creator recall and live caption naturally we went hands on with these features just to have a look at them let's start with recall um this is probably the biggest selling point of uh co-pilot plus PCS and it lets you search for past activity either via text or using uh image recognition I got to spend some time with recall in a Qualcomm demo as well as uh in various PC manufacturers hands on sessions and even though it's early days I think it's fair to say that uh this is quite a heat and Miss feature right now as an example of how this feature works I uh searched for Reddit in the web browser and then uh jumped back to recall uh to see if I could find it over there but it didn't show up neither in the text or in the visual search Fields another example I I used was uh visiting Android authority in the edge browser and then searching for smartphone News website in recall it was the third option in visual search one annoying thing we discovered was the fact that if you disable the saving screenshot functionality in the settings menu you have to reenable saving screenshots and then head into the system trade to actually reenable recall again so that is a bit of an unintuitive approach that Microsoft needs to address ahead of it release there also seem to be inconsistencies when it comes to uh filtering results for example why can I filter by paint Edge and the file manager for one search but that field disappears for others it's not all bad for example I did a Google search for a specific dog breed shibba Inu if you must know and it actually showed um a tiny picture of shibba Inu in a website that uh previous attendees had visited in a demo there are also some serious privacy concerns that researcher Kevin Bowmont has uncovered recently and this includes uh a lot of recall data being stored in a plain text database plus recall captures passwords too if the field doesn't blank them out now you can exclude some apps and websites from recall but Microsoft needs to address these and other privacy issues meanwhile live caption functions in pretty much the same way as live caption on your Android phone it will give you captions in English but also translates a variety of languages into English a qual com 10d claimed up to 44 languages but we'll have to double check that these captions can be moved around for your convenience too there is understandably a delay uh compared to baked in captions and subtitles but at worst it seems as good as live caption on Android and at best it actually seems a little faster finally we've got the image co-creator which you can find in the paint app you simply draw a picture and then use the co-creator prompt field to Spruce it up or imagine it for example you can draw a picture of a house and sun and ask co-creator to turn it into a better drawing in saying so I found that this work best when you actually put a little effort into your drawings or you be more specific with your prompt but the creativity slider also seems to be quite arbitrary about uh when it goes from minor tweaks to your drawing to just outright changing it entirely it's also prone to some dodginess right now for example uh my colleague Paul Jones threw a a foot kicking a football and uh the results speak for themselves so that's what co-pilot plus features look like on Windows and uh these will becoming first to snaptag and PCs again it's still early days there still hope that things will be improved but if you are going to show it off publicly you know I think you would expect it to be a bit more polished than what it is right now is it worth picking up a co-pilot plus PC purely for these features it's still too early to say and devices are coming on June 18th only but live caption is a great addition particularly for accessibility purposes image co-creator isn't something I'd personally use but I I imagine it could be handy for Creative types recall is meant to be the big selling point and we do need to spend a bit more time with it but it's clear that between the privacy concerns and the HD and Miss results that it does need a little bit more time in the oven to make a great first impression this is still an a very early Hands-On and uh we weren't expecting everything to uh be smooth sailing what do you think of these co-pilot plus features are these features that you'll actually use are you interested by them let us know in the comments down below cheers guys\n"