Microsoft is testing a function for Copilot Voice that may let Home windows 11 customers begin a dialog with the app by saying “Hey Copilot!” Home windows Insiders who’ve the up to date app can strive it out as soon as they choose in and activate the function.
According to a blog post, you’ll must allow the function for it to have the ability to reply to the wake phrase. Additionally, the replace isn’t out there to all Insiders straight away, however it’s rolling out to testers worldwide who’ve English set as their show language. To search out out when you’ve got it, examine your Copilot app model to see if it’s 1.25051.10.0 or larger.
As soon as it’s activated, you’ll see the Copilot microphone floating UI on the underside of your display screen and get a chime notification that reveals it’s listening in.
The FAQ additionally says that it’s utilizing an on-device wake phrase spotter with a 10-second audio buffer, and isn’t sending clips to the cloud or saving them regionally. It will probably acknowledge the wake phrase even in the event you’re offline, however for the Copilot Voice function to truly do something, you’ll need web entry in order that it could entry cloud processing capabilities.