Windows Recall is gaining some interesting new features designed to enhance privacy and usability on Windows 11.

The Recall application icon has the same twisted ribbon/Moebius strip iconography as Copilot or and Microsoft 365, and the app icon itself lives in your taskbar.

With Microsoft Edge open, click the three dots up in the top right corner, then choose Settings. Switch to the Copilot and ...

For that matter, Microsoft can’t get in to look at your Recall data, either. And as the software giant has made clear before, all this data is kept locally on your machine – none of it is sent ...

Microsoft Recall feature. Image: Microsoft. Microsoft announced on April 25 that its controversial Recall feature is now available to the general public, nearly a year after it was first introduced.

Microsoft first announced Recall at a May 2024 event at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., where the company debuted several upcoming Windows features to complement its newly announced Copilot+ PCs.

Microsoft is also adding an icon to the system tray. This will indicate whether Recall is currently collecting snapshots, and you’ll be able to pause this whenever you want.

Recall is being rolled out to Microsoft’s Windows Insider Release Preview channel after months of testing in the more experimental and less-stable channels, just like most other Windows features.

Almost a year since Microsoft announced its controversial Recall feature, and after several delays, the company has finally started bringing it to Copilot+ AI PCs today.

After a long delay over security concerns, Microsoft is ready to bring its controversial Recall feature out of beta. It arrives exclusively on Copilot+ Windows 11 PCs as part of a feature update ...

Recall places an icon in your taskbar's System Tray from which you can access the feature, pause snapshots, and tell it not to record certain apps and websites. (Credit: Microsoft/PCMag) ...

Microsoft is updating its controversial Windows Recall AI with a new export tool for European users, a full data reset option ...