Overview

• The revamped Start menu introduces a larger, single-page layout with app categories and a phone companion panel for connected Android and iOS devices.
• A new AI agent in the Settings app can understand natural language queries to recommend and apply changes with user permission.
• Core apps like Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool gain AI features, including dynamic relighting, generative sticker creation, and auto-cropping tools.
• Click to Do and File Explorer now support AI actions for tasks like drafting in Word, converting tables in Excel, and summarizing files directly from menus.
• The updates are initially available to Windows Insiders with Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, with broader support for AMD and Intel devices planned soon.