Microsoft Re-Launching Controversial ‘Recall’ Feature

Following Microsoft having to postpone the release of its ‘Recall’ screenshot feature in May over privacy concerns, it now plans to re-launch an updated version in November on its new CoPilot+ computers. 

Recall - What Happened? 

At its Microsoft Build 2024 developer conference back in May, Microsoft announced that it planned to introduce the ‘Recall’ AI-powered feature which was designed to take periodic screenshots (snapshots) of everything a user interacts with on their PC. The screenshots (taken every 5 seconds) were to be stored (encrypted) and analysed using optical character recognition (OCR) – using AI, locally on the user’s PC.