Microsoft’s latest Dev‑Channel flight, Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.5790 (KB5065779), brings a focused set of Copilot+ features—most notably Fluid Dictation in Voice Access—along with wider Windows Studio Effects support for additional cameras, new Copilot‑driven File Explorer hover...
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Windows 11’s latest Beta-channel preview, Build 26120.5790, brings two pragmatic AI upgrades—fluid dictation and expanded Windows Studio Effects for additional cameras on Copilot+ PCs—alongside a UI tweak in File Explorer’s Home panel that may please some users but annoy others with added visual...
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Microsoft’s latest round of Windows 11 updates doubles down on on-device AI, delivering new voice, camera, and Copilot integrations specifically for Copilot+ PCs while sharpening the split between NPU-equipped machines and the larger Windows installed base.
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Microsoft’s latest Beta-channel Insider preview pushes three changes that matter for day-to-day Windows users: on-device “fluid dictation” for Voice Access, Windows Studio Effects for alternate cameras on Copilot+ PCs, and a small but potentially divisive Ask Copilot option added to File...
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Microsoft’s latest Insider Preview builds bring a tangible — and in many ways overdue — improvement to speech-to-text on Windows by introducing Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access, a smarter, faster, on-device dictation mode designed to make spoken text appear as natural, punctuated prose rather...
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Microsoft is rolling out a long-awaited change to Windows 11 that finally lets many users apply Windows Studio Effects to additional cameras — including USB webcams and rear-facing laptop cameras — on supported Copilot+ PCs, while also shipping a suite of related Copilot and accessibility...
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Microsoft’s latest Insider flights quietly pushed two practical — and in some ways overdue — AI features into Windows 11: Fluid Dictation inside Voice Access and expanded Windows Studio Effects for alternative cameras on Copilot+ PCs, alongside small but useful File Explorer hover actions that...
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Microsoft is quietly rolling out a meaningful upgrade to voice input in Windows 11 Insider builds — a smoother, on-device dictation experience tied to Voice Access and targeted at Copilot+ hardware — while also shipping a focused Beta/Dev Channel flight that expands Studio Effects, tightens...
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Microsoft’s latest Dev Channel flight lands with a focused patch for Copilot+ PCs, smoother voice dictation, expanded Studio Effects camera support, and a collection of targeted fixes — but it also brings a set of hardware-gated rollouts and a handful of stability warnings that Insiders and IT...
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