These Copilot+ PC features now work on AMD Ryzen AI and Intel Core Ultra laptops

Microsoft launched its Copilot+ PC range last year, with the custom AI-powered version of Windows 11 exclusive to Windows on Arm systems running the latest Snapdragon X Series processors. It was a strange move from the traditionally x86-based software and services company, but it was born from the fact that, at the time, Snapdragon X APUs were the only ones with the required NPU grunt (measured in AI TOPS) to run the new features.

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Live Captions is now available for systems with an AMD Ryzen AI 300 or Intel Core Ultra 200V processor, image credit: Microsoft.

Since then, AMD and Intel have released new CPUs or APUs with powerful enough integrated AI hardware - namely, the AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Intel Core Ultra 200V series of processors. This week, Microsoft announced that Copilot+ PC features or "experiences" are now available to x86 machines with these AMD and Intel chips.

Let's break them down. First up is the useful Live Captions feature, which uses AI to offer real-time translations in English for audio and video content in over 40 languages. This can be used for meetings while watching videos or listening to a podcast. Microsoft notes that support for Simplified Chinese translations is coming soon to AMD and Intel devices, with support for 27 languages.

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Cocreator in Paint, image credit: Microsoft.

Next is Cocreator in Paint, an AI image-generation tool that combines text-based prompts with freehand drawing. Microsoft's example above shows a basic freehand sketch of a path, grass, bush, and tree. With Cocreator, describing the image alongside selecting a style and adjusting the "creativity" slider provides an artistic rendition of the scene in a painting or high-quality drawing style.

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mage Creator in Photos, image credit: Microsoft.

Restyle Image and Image Creator in Photos are also available. They let you take photos you've downloaded or taken and use the Restyle feature to change them into oil paintings, sketches, or other styles with a few simple clicks. Image Creator is pretty straightforward; it is a detailed image generator based on text prompts.

Finally, there's a Voice Access update, now available for Snapdragon X Series Copilot+ PCs and coming later this year to AMD and Intel devices. This legacy feature, which allows users to control their PC via voice commands, is now AI-ready and updated to support Copilot+ PCs and "more descriptive and flexible language."

These features are available as part of the March 2025 Windows non-security preview update and will begin rolling out to devices over the next month.