Windows Recall Release Pushed Back, Microsoft Sets December Date

Once again, Microsoft has delayed the rollout of its controversial Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs, which had been planned for December. It had been planned that the software giant would begin testing Recall with Windows Insiders in October, which would take screenshots of most of what users see on a Copilot Plus PC once it is turned on. 

It has now been confirmed that Microsoft needs more time to develop the new feature.

In the summer, Microsoft’s Copilot+ AI PC initiative had yet to be released, but one of its most recent features was Recall, which would log months’ worth of users’ PC usage and would attempt to help them keep track of things and find them again if users forgot about them. Nevertheless, if users are familiar with Recall, likely learned about it because of the problems that emerged during preview builds of Windows before it was released. 

All of the data on the PC was stored in plaintext, so other users (or malicious software) could easily get to the database and take screenshots, which could potentially expose a lot of sensitive data, such as the name and contact information of the user.

As originally anticipated, Recall would have launched in conjunction with the release of the Copilot+ PC, which can take advantage of the AI-driven feature built into Recall. 

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