Is it a real revolution capable of turning the PC world upside down, or just a flash in the pan? It's hard to say, but Copilot+ is the talk of the town.
So far, Microsoft's new Copilot+ PC family represents a wave that's only just about to break. The first machines based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus processors are available, and Microsoft is promising artificial intelligence features in every direction to help the majority of users. Aware that prices are still too high, Qualcomm took advantage of IFA Berlin to announce the arrival of new, slightly more affordable Snapdragon processors, but the Copilot+ PC spectrum continues to be relatively restricted. If the latest information published by The Verge is to be believed, however, things could be moving in the very near future. Intel recently unveiled the first notebooks based on its new Lunar Lake architecture, while AMD's Ryzen AI 300 processors are already a reality.
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However, these two ranges suffered from a major shortcoming in their generalization: they did not benefit from Copilot+. This will soon no longer be the case, asIntel explained a few days ago: " all models equipped with Intel Core Ultra 200V processors running the latest version of Windows are eligible to receive PC Copilot+ features as a free upgrade, starting in November ". Why November? Because that's the month Microsoft has chosen to roll out the new Windows 11 Update 24H2. Thanks to this update, Lunar Lake processors on the one hand, and Strix Point on the other, will be able to take advantage of Copilot+. As Microsoft once again pointed out on its official blog: " Today marks the next step in our journey as the Copilot+ PC range expands with support for new chip technologies: the AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Intel Core Ultra 200V series ". While Qualcomm processors have many advantages, particularly in terms of energy efficiency, they are also subject to certain criticisms and can, for example, cause major problems when it comes to video games. There's no such risk with Intel/AMD's Lunar Lake and Strix Point, which will soon benefit from Copilot+ in their turn.
