- New search features for the Copilot app are being deployed
- Provides AI-powered search for Windows 11 and 10 users and provides natural language queries
- Copilot can also peek inside the file to find the relevant information you need.
Windows 11 gains new features that help Copilot find files on your PC and quickly gathers information from those files if necessary.
Windows reports in its latest report that the AI-driven extended search power that was previously tested using Windows 11 (a few months ago) is being deployed to all users (including Windows 10).
The latest people on Windows have already gained new features in the Copilot app and are generally impressed by this feature.
Just enter a natural language query and within the Copilot app, users can launch local searches on their PCs (although there are limits to the locations covered (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) (I'm coming back to it) for example, “Find the resume for the job application I created last year.”
Obviously, rather than trying to use the Windows search itself, you can search just by asking questions like this (who can remember the exact filename, especially in older files?
Analysis: A complimentary useful feature… There are some warnings
The latest in Windows observes that this Copilot search is fast. This is a local search, and includes OneDrive sync files, making use of Windows search itself. In other words, you don't wait for the Copilot app to send data to the cloud or wait for a reply from Microsoft's servers. It's pretty nippy as everything is happening on the device.
The provided searches are better than basic Windows 11 searches – this is how the queries are ultimately resolved, but you can use natural language as described. In fact, this is a kind of combination alternative to Nifty AI – Superathed Search on Windows 11 provided by Copilot+ PCS.
In addition to this, with Copilot App Search, you won't even be able to open information from the files you hunt out. So, if you're searching for a document file full of recipes and want a specific recipe for curry, you can ask for, for example, exactly that – and AI will extract it from the document there.
This co-pilot driven search can use the standard Windows 11 search feature to avoid some of the bugs (though you can take advantage of the latter to get results).
Well, it all sounds good overall, but not all are sweet-smelling roses. It is noteworthy that the search scope is limited to commonly used files (there may be that obscure file formats may not be displayed). Additionally, by default, this AI search is limited to required personal folders (such as documents and downloads). However, if necessary, you can extend its reach and even grant cop to the folder.
However, for many people, the troublesome issue is privacy. It is important to note that this search feature is turned off by default. This is frankly necessary given that there are so many people in “Northing” in the file.
It's also worth noting that there is a toggle that turns on Copilot's local file search feature, as well as another slider that allows AI to read files. The latter is clearly necessary for the copilot to surface from within the file (such as the curry recipe mentioned above). So, if you want to perform that trick, you obviously need to make the copilot “around the nose”.
Even if you don't want to use such access to AI, you can still use the feature, but it leaves only this second slider and doesn't show the file (but only in the Copilot app you see basic search).
There are still a lot of doubts around this kind of feature, the mind, but as long as it's off by default, that's not the problem – you can take it or leave it. If this feature sounds useful to you, you can go ahead and enable it – it appears that the rollout is currently in progress.
