Microsoft Expands Snapdragon's Exclusive Copilot+ Features To AMD And Intel PCs

It took a minute (and not a New York minute), but Microsoft is taking the leash off of most of its Copilot+ features that were tethered exclusively to Snapdragon X series laptops, and letting them roam free on Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD Ryzen AI 300 series and Intel Core Ultra 200V processors. The only exceptions are a new set of Voice Access capabilities, and Simplified Chinese support as part of Microsoft's Live Caption tool—they're being made available to Snapdragon X systems first, followed by AMD and Intel setups sometime "later this year."

The Copilot+ initiative represents Microsoft's effort to tap into a new class of Windows 11 devices running on hardware featuring a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU). Announced at last year's Microsoft Build event, Qualcomm managed to get first dibs on the official Copilot+ PC branding, for devices powered by its Arm-based Snapdragon ...