Windows 11's Recall feature is under scrutiny again with a new report claiming that, in certain situations, the functionality ...

Windows Recall, for those not familiar with it, is an upcoming AI-powered Windows 11 feature that takes regular snapshots (screenshots) of your device activity and makes these searchable.

Windows 11 Recall will let AI help you remember what you did on your computer and when it happened. It’s a feature we’ll need if we want helpful, personal AI assistants.

However, when a preview version of Windows 11 seemed to allow the option to uninstall Recall, Microsoft squashed the resulting buzz by saying it was an unintended bug.

Recall will take periodic screenshots of your Windows 11 screen. For that, it needs machines with at least 256GB of storage, with at least 50GB of it being free.

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Windows 11’s Recall feature is essentially an AI-powered search that takes regular screenshots of the activity on your PC, and uses them to find things, going way beyond the scope of a typical ...

I tried to get Recall on my own PC (i.e., Surface Laptop 7), but it required me to jump through several hoops. Firstly, I had to sign up for a free Windows Insider membership.

As for the question of when Recall might be implemented as an official feature for Windows 11 Copilot PCs is anyone's guess. It's good that Microsoft now seems to be taking a cautious approach.

Microsoft's Recall was supposed to be the marquee feature for the new Copilot+ PCs Microsoft announced in May 2024. Its stated goal was to give Windows 11 users an AI-powered "photographic memory ...

You can reset Recall in Windows 11 with just two mouse clicks. This option will delete all the saved snapshots taken by you and Recall and reset the Recall settings to default.