2023-10-26 11:45:01
Microsoft discussed the future of Windows during the Qualcomm Summit show. Expect huge changes.
An imaginary concept for Windows 12 // Source: Addy Visuals
The PC market will undergo profound changes in 2024 with the arrival of new ARM chips by Qualcomm, the Snapdragon X, but also the highly anticipated release of Windows 12 by the end of the same year.
If the arrival of ARM architecture on PC will bring substantial gains in terms of performance and energy efficiency, it will also profoundly change the way you use your machine according to Microsoft.
The president of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, and the product manager of the form, Pavan Davuluri, were invited to the Qualcomm Summit to talk regarding the future of Windows on the sidelines of the announcements.
A hybrid approach between cloud and local
According to comments reported by the site Windows Central, Microsoft’s priority will always be in its hybrid approach, shared between the cloud and local. We had already mentioned this during the leaks concerning the future of Xbox: on Windows 12, certain tasks will be able to be carried out directly on your computer, and others via the cloud.
The introduction of NPUs (Neural Processing Units), these chips dedicated to artificial intelligence, will allow our future PCs to accelerate AI-related tasks and even host models locally. A chip like Snapdragon
We’re building Windows to be the destination for the best AI experiences. Moving forward, this will require an operating system that simply blurs the lines between cloud and edge, and using the right silicon in the right place is fundamental to us.
For Pavan Davuluri, such an approach brings “better privacy, cost savings, latency benefits, performance optimizations and greater customization. »
Copilot, the new Windows 12 Start button
For Satya Nadella, the integration of artificial intelligence into all facets of Windows brings with it major changes in terms of interface and user experience.
I think that fundamentally, if we think regarding what the dream of computing has always been, we can make interfaces much more user-friendly, much more natural. This will fundamentally change what an operating system is, what a user interface looks like, how applications interact. UI changes are always important, and this is a big change.
The president of Microsoft remains stingy with details here, but expect a major interface overhaul on Windows 12. All facets of the OS will be centered around AI and Copilot, its intelligent assistant integrated into the entire Microsoft software galaxy.
For the firm, Copilot will be like the Windows Start button, the starting point of “l’intention» of the user. We then come back to the way of approaching your OS: Copilot will be an assistant with which “reason”, which will allow “to learn, ask questions, create and completely change user habits ».
This will mainly involve natural language, which can be used within Copilot to perform any action within Windows. Whether it’s opening a document, searching for a file, sorting a folder, changing a setting, Microsoft’s AI should respond to all your requests, no matter how complex they may be.
And like any modern artificial intelligence, it will learn from you, your habits, but also the context in which you use your PC (via the time, location and your schedule for example).
Windows 12 therefore promises to be the long-awaited biggest revolution in Microsoft’s OS, and this will inevitably involve AI.
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