Microsoft starts testing  ‘Hey, Copilot!’ in Windows

Microsoft is investigating a diagnostic for Copilot Voice that volition fto Windows 11 users commencement a speech with the app by saying “Hey Copilot!” Windows Insiders who person the updated app tin effort it retired erstwhile they opt successful and activate the feature.

Similar commands person been disposable for years with Siri, Google, Alexa, and even Microsoft’s now-departed Cortana assistant that Copilot has replaced. But it is simply a caller summation for Copilot, if a dedicated cardinal oregon combination of keys wasn’t making it casual capable to get into the app, and arrives pursuing the motorboat of a more conversational Copilot Voice experience.

According to a blog post, you’ll request to alteration the diagnostic for it to beryllium capable to respond to the aftermath word. Also, the update isn’t disposable to each Insiders close away, but it is rolling retired to testers worldwide who person English acceptable arsenic their show language. To find retired if you person it, cheque your Copilot app mentation to spot if it’s 1.25051.10.0 oregon higher.

Once it’s activated, you’ll spot the Copilot microphone floating UI connected the bottommost of your surface and get a chime notification that shows it’s listening in. 

The FAQ besides says that it’s utilizing an on-device aftermath connection spotter with a 10-second audio buffer, and isn’t sending clips to the unreality oregon redeeming them locally. It tin admit the aftermath connection adjacent if you’re offline, but for the Copilot Voice diagnostic to really bash anything, you volition request net entree truthful that it tin entree unreality processing capabilities.