The company is also introducing updates to improve privacy and security safeguards before Recall (preview) ships to customers on June 18, 2024. These include updating the set-up experience of Copilot+ PCs to give people a clearer choice to opt-in to saving snapshots using Recall, requiring Windows Hello enrollment to enable Recall, and adding additional layers of data protection. All Copilot+ PCs will be Secured-core PCs, bringing advanced security to both commercial and consumer devices, and will ship with Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS). The company is committed to protecting user privacy and ensuring that users are in control of when, what, and how information is captured.
Key takeaways:
- The Recall (preview) feature for Copilot+ PCs will shift from a broad preview experience to a preview available first in the Windows Insider Program (WIP) on June 18, 2024.
- Recall is a new feature that creates an explorable visual timeline by taking snapshots of what appears on your screen, which are encrypted, stored, and analyzed locally.
- Microsoft is updating the set-up experience of Copilot+ PCs to give people a clearer choice to opt-in to saving snapshots using Recall, and Windows Hello enrollment is required to enable Recall.
- All Copilot+ PCs will be Secured-core PCs, bringing advanced security to both commercial and consumer devices, and will ship with Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security (ESS).