“There’s never been a better time to upgrade,” says Microsoft as it ends Windows 10 support and pushes AI-focused Windows 11

You guessed it, more AI.

Microsoft has published a new blog post urging users to upgrade to Windows 11 as Windows 10 support officially ends. The company frames the transition as a move toward what it calls the “AI PC era,” positioning Copilot as the centerpiece of the Windows experience.

In the post, Microsoft presents several new Copilot features: “ Hey Copilot” voice activation , Copilot Vision for on-screen assistance, and “Copilot Actions” for performing local tasks such as organizing files or creating documents. The company also expands integration across Office apps and Windows Settings, and adds connectors for Google and Microsoft services so users can query files, emails, and contacts directly through Copilot.

These updates are part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to present every Windows 11 system as an “AI PC,” a term that has so far struggled to gain traction. Despite major marketing pushes around Copilot+ PCs featuring Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and newer AMD Ryzen AI and Intel Core Ultra processors, there’s still little real-world discussion (at least in our comment section) about which laptops have better NPUs or why it matters.

We believe this shift to conversational input will be as transformative as the mouse and keyboard in terms of unlocking new capabilities on the PC for the broadest set of people.

Microsoft now promotes voice and direct interaction as the next frontier, comparing conversational AI to the impact of the mouse and keyboard, claiming it will make computing more intuitive. It’s a familiar message, similar to the VR push years ago when every GPU brand added features few users actually asked for.

Well, I still have Copilot disabled on my PC and I’m starting to think that after the next reinstall, I might not even recognize the operating system. The video above has comments turned off, which says something on its own.

Source: Microsoft