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The Galaxy Book 4 Edge features Samsung’s own Galaxy AI and Microsoft’s Copilot smarts for double the fun. Galaxy AI learns from your usage patterns over time, boosting productivity and creating personal AI experiences. Link to Windows lets you experience Galaxy AI features on a larger screen, making it easier to work across devices. Plus, the Copilot+ PC adds extra Windows features, from searching for documents with Recall to running video calls with Live Translate.

When it comes to performance, the Galaxy Book 4 Edge is a beast. Powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor with its 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and Adreno GPU, this laptop can handle just about everything. There’s a dedicated Copilot key for you to activate AI capabilities with a single keystroke. Meanwhile, all-day battery life and super-fast charging ensure you stay productive on the go. With video playback time of up to 22 hours, you can binge-watch your favourite series without reaching for the charger.

Samsung’s Galaxy Book 4 Edge is also a creator’s dream. With Microsoft’s Paint Cocreator, you can turn sketches and text into fine art. The anti-reflective AMOLED display ensures that your visuals are stunning, whether you’re indoors or out. The touchscreen and adaptive 120Hz refresh rate provide a seamless and immersive experience. Auto Super Resolution upscales game graphics in real-time, ensuring you never compromise on visual quality.

Security is top-notch with Samsung Knox and Microsoft’s Secured-core PC integration. This multi-layer security platform safeguards your data with secure hardware, real-time threat detection, and collaborative protection. On-device AI keeps your data local, enhancing privacy while maintaining functionality. Device Privacy Settings give you control over your device and AI safeguards, ensuring you can trust your PC with sensitive information.

The Galaxy Book4 Edge is available to pre-order directly from Samsung and third-party retailers. The 14-inch model starts at $1349/£1399, while the 16-inch models start at $1449/£1499.

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The Yoga Slim 7x wants to be the go-to machine for creators on the move. Thanks to the Snapdragon X Elite processor, this laptop contains a Qualcomm Hexagon NPU that pumps out a staggering 45 TOPS. That’s a lot of horsepower for these new AI features. The onboard AI can handle everything from text-to-image creation to advanced photo and video editing. The battery can keep going for days with its 70Wh capacity. This machine is all about portability without compromising on power, weighing in at just 1.28kg and 12.9mm thin.

Lenovo’s Yoga Slim 7x sports a dazzling 14.5-inch 3K 90Hz OLED touch panel that hits a peak brightness of 1000 nits. With support for both 100% sRGB and P3 colour gamuts, this display promises vibrant, true-to-life colours. Plus, it’s TÜV Rheinland certified for low blue light, so you can work longer without straining your eyes. The audio experience is equally impressive with Lenovo Premium Suite’s four-speaker system delivering crisp, clear sound.

Now, shifting gears to the ThinkPad T14s Gen 6, Lenovo’s new powerhouse for business users. This model also packs the Snapdragon X Elite processor with its 12-core Qualcomm Oryon CPU and Adreno GPU. The integrated NPU brings high-level AI capabilities right to your fingertips. It enhances productivity with features like Recall for easy document retrieval and Copilot+ for AI-assisted tasks.

The ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 is designed with professionals in mind. It features a 14-inch display available in various configurations, including a WUXGA IPS panel and a stunning 2.8K OLED option. The communication bar houses an FHD+IR MIPI camera with a physical shutter for added privacy. Connectivity options are robust with Wi-Fi 7 and optional 5G capabilities. The 58Wh battery promises multi-day usage, making it perfect for long business trips.

Fancy a new AI machine for your creative needs? The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x will be available from June with a starting price of $1199. The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 will also be available from June, with a starting price of $1699. Both models will be up for pre-order soon directly from Lenovo.

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Now, Microsoft has announced the next step on the journey that began with that single key, the Copilot+ PC. It makes a small change to the way we think of our computers. By that, we mean the software now defines the hardware, instead of the other way around. But it may leave some feeling left out – especially if you’ve bought a new laptop recently.

What is a Copilot+ PC?

According to Microsoft, “Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built,” which sounds like the sort of thing that’s been said every time a new PC line has been launched dating back to the ‘90s. But underneath their casings, something has changed in this new generation of personal computers. Alongside the CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD and other TLAs that make up the modern PC, there’s a new one: NPU. This stands for Neural Processing Unit. They’re for accelerating AI applications locally on the PC, instead of offloading the workload to a cloud server somewhere, which is slower and has privacy concerns.

Where will I find it?

The first PCs to be announced for the Copilot+ standard all use Qualcomm Snapdragon X series CPUs, a totally different architecture from the Intel Core and AMD Ryzen chips we’re used to. It mirrors what Apple did with its M-series chips, breaking from Intel and using the ARM architecture, more commonly seen in phones and tablets, in pursuit of both performance gains and longer battery life. It worked for Apple, so it could do equally well for the PC. This is especially true as claims are being made that the new Qualcomm chips are even better than Apple’s designs.

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Apart from the new chip and the extra key on the keyboard, the big changes come in the software. Microsoft is baking its AI into just about every aspect of Windows, and other software creators are following suit.

What this switch in PC architecture means is that, if you’ve bought a PC with an AMD or Intel chip recently, it might not get the update to the Copilot+ standard. Companies such as HP and Acer are already announcing their Copilot+ PCs. So, the next computer you buy could well support the new tech. All of the devices shown at the time of writing have been laptops or two-in-one devices, but the desktop PC is unlikely to get left behind.

How does it work?

So you’ve got your new PC, and the new version of Windows. Then what? Well, there will be some AI-powered image creation and editing tools built right into the OS. Plus, there’s the ability to adjust the lighting or add creative filters to video calls. This includes the illusion of maintaining eye contact with the camera even though you’re looking elsewhere. Nvidia Broadcast can already do this last one, but requires one of the company’s GPUs to run and can look a bit uncanny in use, so it will be interesting to see if the Copilot+ version appears more natural.

Then there’s Cocreator, a drawing app that generates artwork from your initial sketches. And you will be able to generate live captions for any media you’re playing. Windows claims that it can translate more than 40 languages to English subtitles instantly. This is all without having to use the cloud.

Recall

The big announcement, however, has to be Recall. This appears to be a massive, searchable history of everything you’ve done with your PC, including voice chats, web searches, documents and emails. It allows you to go back to something you were doing months ago and have half forgotten about, either by scrolling through the timeline or by searching using object recognition or keywords.

AI smarts are also going to become more prevalent in other applications. Companies such as Adobe are already integrating it into the likes of Photoshop. It’s also beginning to appear in apps like the pro video editing tool DaVinci Resolve, music app djay Pro, and animation programs such as Cephable. In many cases, it takes over time-consuming jobs such as accurately selecting objects in images and video so that they can be removed or manipulated. As the number of AI PCs out there increases, so the apps that take advantage of them, and the things they can do, will multiply.

Do I really need one?

Probably not right now. Especially if you’re content with the way your current PC works. But they’re going to become hard to avoid. Apple’s experience with the M chips in its MacBooks and other computers has shown that the energy-efficient new processors leave nothing behind when it comes to crunching through data. The extended battery life you get from them is nother great bonus in a portable machine.

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Microsoft has tried this sort of thing before. It tried to reinvent Windows 98 so that it worked more like the web, with an Active Desktop full of web content and a single click to open folders and applications. But it didn’t catch on. This is why you still have a background image and double click on things today, but with AI set to revolutionise the world of computing just as the easy communication capabilities of the internet did, even if we’re still not completely sure what shape that revolution will take, these new PCs look like a big first step into that world.

AI is being used by many of these PC makers as a marketing term but there’s more than an element of truth to their AI capabilities.

As with other Copilot+ models, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips are at the heart of the range, with ARM-based processing similar to Apple’s M Series chips and the chips inside your smartphone.

These include massively improved AI capabilities in terms of the neural processing – capable of up to 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS).

Both laptops have up to 26 hours of battery life (up to 22 hours of streaming) and are mega speedy – HP says that large files open twice as fast.

The HP EliteBook Ultra is also available in a blue finish with a smudge-resistant Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating.

One side effect of HP’s new line-up is that it has simplified things for end-users in terms of what they should be buying. Of course it’s still complicated, but now consumers can choose from three different strands – OmniBook for laptops, OmniStudio for all-in-ones and OmniDesk for – you guessed it – desktops. And they have numbers, 3, 5 and 7 depending how premium they are. The top models have X and U suffixes – hence the X suffix on the HP OmniBook X AI PC.

The HP OmniBook X AI PC is available for pre-order for a starting price of $1,199.99/£1,199 with 1TB of storage. The HP EliteBook Ultra AI PC is available for pre-order for a starting price of $1,699.99/£1,200. Both will begin shipping on 18 June.

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At the core of the Swift 14 AI is the new Snapdragon X Series platform. It’s Qualcomm’s Arm-based processor that wants to rival Apple’s silicon performance on Macs. This chipset comes with an NPU that dishes out an impressive 45 TOPS. That means this laptop is geared for some serious AI muscle – handling everything from mundane tasks to complex workloads with ease.

The Swift 14 AI’s design doesn’t just talk the talk. It walks the walk with a sleek aluminium chassis that screams modern elegance. Weighing in at 1.36kg and 15.9mm thin, it’s built for both style and substance – you won’t break a sweat carrying it around all day. And speaking of all day, the battery life promises to keep you powered for a full day without hunting for an outlet. Connectivity? It’s sorted. The Swift 14 AI comes packed with ports from USB-C to USB 3.2. Plus, you get the latest Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.

On the visual front, Acer’s new baby sports a 14.5-inch WQXGA IPS display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Add in a 1440p QHD IR webcam with a triple microphone array, and your video calls are set to be crystal clear. TÜV Rheinland Eyesafe Certification ensures your peepers are protected during those long screen sessions.

The Swift 14 AI doesn’t just look good, it’s got the smarts to back it up. You get features like Recall for easy document and app retrieval, Live Captions for real-time translations, and Cocreator for AI-generated content. Windows Studio Effects take your video calls to the next level with improved lighting and noise cancellation. Plus, Auto Super Resolution ensures your gaming visuals are always top-notch. The Swift 14 AI supports Windows Hello for quick and secure logins using facial recognition, and the AcerSense app offers a suite of AI features and device management tools.

Fancy this new lightweight, MacBook-rivalling AI laptop? The Acer Swift 14 AI will set you back $1099/£1199/€1499, and will be available from July. You can pre-order it directly from Acer or from Currys in the UKta.

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Less than 15mm thick and weighing just 1.42kg, the Vivobook S 15 sounds impressively portable for a 15.6in laptop. It should be rather potent, too, with a Snapdragon X Elite system-on-chip running the show. It’s made up of a multi-core Oryon CPU, Adreno graphics, and Hegagon neural processor good for 45 TOPS (Tera Operations per Second), which Qualcomm reckons could give a MacBook Air M3 a run for its money. Early benchmarks certainly show that to be the case, too.

AI workloads include Asus’ bespoke StoryCube app, which uses artificial intelligence to sort your digital camera’s RAW files. Expect Live Caption real-time subtitles for video calls, and a presence-detecting webcam that can dim the screen when you look away, or lock the laptop automatically when you walk away for a minute – then unlock it again once you’re back.

Asus has several models planned, with up to 1TB of SSD storage and as much as 32GB of RAM. Battery life is pegged at 18 hours, or more than enough to get through a working day without bringing the power adaptor along with you.

There’s been no skimping on connectivity, with two USB4 ports, two USB 3.2 Type-As, a full-size HDMI 2.1 out, 3.5mm combo port and a microSD card slot. Naturally there’s Wi-Fi 7 on-board, too.

The screen will surely be the star, with a 3K resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Asus’ OLED panels are some of the best around in the laptop world, so I’m expecting wonderfully vibrant colours and ample brightness to boot. Audio comes courtesy of a Dolby Atmos-approved, Harmon Kardon-tuned speaker setup.

The Asus Vivobook S 15 is set to go on sale from June 18th onwards. There’s no official word on pricing just yet.

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Introduction

980g. It’s the sort of measurement you see written in recipe books, not on laptop spec sheets. And yet that’s precisely what the new Huawei MateBook X Pro tips the scales at. It undercuts everything on Stuff’s best laptops list, and is a substantial 30% less than the outgoing model – which was hardly a porker to begin with. Yet Huawei hasn’t skimped on hardware in order to reach featherweight status.

This is the first MateBook to get an Intel Ultra 9 CPU, and is rocking a retina-soothing OLED display. An LG Gram 14 might also sneak under 1kg, but it has yet to be updated to Intel’s new CPU generation – and also makes do with an IPS screen. As far as portable potency is concerned, it would seem little can match it in the Windows world.

It even stacks up well against the mighty MacBook Air M3 – which by the time you’ve ticked a few options boxes, will set you back more than the Huawei’s £2099 asking price. But with Copilot+ PCs now a thing, and Huawei’s access to Intel CPUs seemingly hanging in the balance, should you rush out to get one while you can?

Design & build: weight watcher

Sure, it looks familiar – but compared to the previous generation, this new MateBook X Pro has been on a weight loss programme worthy of a Hollywood movie star. This laptop tapers down to just 4mm, and only measures a mere 13.5mm at its portliest point. At 980g, it weighs less than pretty much any laptop I’ve reviewed, short of those ridiculously diddy netbooks from the late 2000s.

Mass has been shaved off everywhere possible, from the keyboard to the cooling system. The motherboard is now split into three parts, shrinking total surface area by 8% and freeing up space for things like larger cooling fans and a bigger battery. There aren’t many laptops you can hold one-handed without your wrists complaining.

Styling-wise Huawei has kept the same rounded corners, subtly curved sides and plain yet prominent company logo on the lid as before. The blue colour scheme is a lot lighter this time around, almost looking grey from certain angles. I’m a big fan; it’s not trying to replicate any of Apple’s shades, and treads a fine line between businesslike demeanour and style icon. I asked but it sounds like there are no plans to bring other colourways to the UK. The texture feels premium, too – much nicer than any plastic or polycarbonate rival.

It’s great Huawei has managed to keep the upward-firing speakers that flank the keyboard tray, but it has compromised a little on connectivity. There are now just three USB-C ports – two on the left and one on the right, down from four on the outgoing model. There’s no 3.5mm headphone port either, meaning it’ll be Bluetooth or a USB dongle for any private listening. The firm does at least include one USB-C to USB-A dongle in the box.

Screen & sound: eye candy

Huawei has switched from LCD to OLED for the 2024 MateBook X Pro. Having spent a few weeks with one as my go-to travel laptop, the screen might be the most compelling reason to buy one. The flexible panel used here is 51% lighter and 57% thinner than the old model’s screen, with satisfyingly skinny bezels on all four sides.

The 14.2in size and 3:2 aspect ratio are unchanged from last year. The wonderfully sharp 3120×2080 resolution is a match for the outgoing laptop, too. But the 120Hz refresh rate is a welcome step up, making cursor movement and Windows UI elements feel even more fluid in motion than they did on the old unit’s 90Hz panel. Brightness now maxes out at 1000 nits peak for HDR content, too – double that of last year’s effort. It copes well outdoors in bright sunshine, and looks wonderfully bright and vibrant indoors.

Huawei has calibrated the screen for the Adobe RGB colour space, on top of sRGB and DCI-P3, which will be great news for creative types that need accurate colours. It’s quick to switch modes, and all are impressively accurate. Flicker-free dimming and a low blue light output meant it was comfortable to use in darker environments, and the multi-layer reflective coating did a decent enough job of diffusing light – though this is still a glossy panel at the end of the day. You’ll have to head to Huawei’s tablet line-up for a reflection-beating PaperMatte panel.

The topmost glass layer has a 9H hardness level to withstand scratches. I certainly didn’t leave any scars when testing the 10-point touchscreen, which was responsive and recognised multi-touch gestures.

Speaker driver chambers that are 22% larger than the previous MateBook X Pro lets this Huawei laptop output impressively clear and loud audio. The side-firing speakers don’t have much in the way of bass, so can’t match the best MacBooks (which are still some of the best-sounding laptops ever), but I didn’t feel the need to grab my headphones every time I wanted some background music or watch a YouTube video.

Keyboard & touchpad: under pressure

Huawei hasn’t gone for radically different key switches in its pursuit of thinner and lighter laptops (after all, that worked out so well for Apple), meaning the keyboard is pretty much unchanged from the previous generation. Half-height function and arrow keys aside, everything is full-size, with a good amount of bounce from each key and quite a bit of travel. It surprised me how comfortable typing was, given the machine’s skinny nature.

The entire keyboard is LED backlit, with minimal light leakage around each key, and the white lettering on coloured key arrangement will be perfectly legible at all times of day or night. It’s not the quietest keyboard I’ve tapped away at, but it won’t irk those around you.

I’m happy to see the fingerprint reading power button make a return; it was so convenient on the old model, powering on and skipping the Windows lock screen in a single press. It’s also far enough removed from the keyboard tray you won’t hit it by accident when reaching for the delete key.

Huawei has carried over the pressure-sensing touchpad from last year, complete with haptic vibrations and multi-touch gestures. Considering the firm has saved weight everywhere else that sounds a little complex, but I can’t deny it works very well, vibrating convincingly with each press. scrolling up and down the far sides of the pad to adjust screen brightness and volume is convenient, too. The “tactile glass” felt smooth under my finger, with just the right amount of friction for quick yet accurate cursor movement.

Performance & battery life: no compromise

I was surprised when Huawei’s reps revealed the MateBook X Pro would land with an Ultra 9 processor – and not just because it meant the firm had squeaked in a shipment of Intel’s latest silicon before the terms of its Trump-era US trade license expired. The Ultra 9 185H is a mighty chip, with 16 cores and 22 threads that can hit a peak 5.1GHz when thermal limits allow. To fit one in a machine so svelte speaks wonders about its cooling ability.

A pair of larger, redesigned ‘shark fin’ fans are enough for the chip to draw 40W under load. That’s a significant 10W increase over the previous-gen model, which wasn’t exactly hurting for performance. Here it’s paired with 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD, making it a monster among ultraportables. There’ll be versions on sale in certain territories with Ultra 7 CPUs, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, but they won’t be coming to the UK.

Naturally this hardware combo delivers fairly epic performance for a laptop of this size. In some synthetic tests it drew level with an M3-powered MacBook Air, and was either on par or faster than other Windows-powered 13in and 14in ultraportables that use Intel Ultra 7 CPUs. A 14in MacBook Pro still takes the performance-and-portability crown, but the MateBook puts in a fantastic showing here. The fans do spin up under load, but not to an obnoxious volume, and thermal throttling wasn’t a concern during everyday use.

It’s only 3D-accelerated tasks that reveal any weakness, but only if you’re comparing to larger rivals with dedicated graphics chips. Intel’s integrated Arc GPU can handle a bit of light gaming, though, and edits photos easily enough. You’ll only want to look elsewhere if you do a lot of on-the-go 4K video edits or rendering work.

Huawei says the 70Wh battery is good for about six and a half hours of daily use, or eleven hours of video playback. I found that something in the middle was more representative of real-world use, and only after making sure Huawei’s system-wide Super Turbo function wasn’t kicking in for things like video playback. It’s a bit obscure as to which apps are benefiting from it, so I turned it off whenever I planned a full day away from a mains socket. Five hours was typical with a bunch of browser tabs, Spotify streaming and some occasional image editing.

This still falls short of the latest MacBook Air’s epic longevity, and now has to contend with equally long-lasting Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X Elite silicon – but I still found it had enough juice to last a regular working day, which is great considering it weighs less than any rival.

Chinese variants of the laptop are good for 140W fast charging over USB-C, from a brick barely larger than what you top your phone up with; UK-bound models stick with the same 90W adaptor seen on previous versions.

Huawei MateBook X Pro (2024) verdict

I thought the outgoing MateBook X Pro was as thin and light as it got in Huawei land, but the 2024 edition shows just how much room there was for improvement. This is now an incredibly light machine, but one that doesn’t compromise a jot on performance. The impactful OLED display is the icing on the cake.

It gets close enough to the MacBook Air on battery life, and the revised cooling system’s ability to cope with a Core Ultra 9 running at full whack is rather impressive. UK pricing puts it dangerously close to a 14in MacBook Pro, though, which is a phenomenally capable laptop. Newly-announced Copilot+ PCs running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite system-on-chip should last even longer, and cost less to boot – though that’s only on paper until I review one.

That said, Windows users who are always on the move will struggle to find anything else that can lighten their load as effectively as this.

Huawei MateBook X Pro (2024) technical specifications

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Surface Laptop: Qualcommmendable AI power

Microsoft revealed the new Surface Laptop. It’s an Arm-based beauty ready to take on the big boys like Apple’s MacBook. The Surface Laptop ditches Intel for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite or Plus chip, making it a formidable laptop contender. It comes with a minimum of 16GB of RAM and 256GB storage, with options to ramp up to 1TB storage and 32GB of RAM. You also get a Qualcomm Adreno GPU, and the choice of four colours: black, platinum, dune, and sapphire.

The display is nothing to scoff at either, with a 2304×1536 resolution on the 13.8-inch model and 2496×1664 on the 15-inch. Both sport 120Hz variable refresh rates and Dolby Vision IQ support. Ports? You get two USB-C ports, one USB-A 3.1, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Fast-charging is in, with a 65-watt power supply for the 15-inch and a 39-watt charger for the 13.8-inch.

Microsoft promises this laptop is “80% faster than the previous generation” and offers “up to 22 hours of local video playback”. Plus, it can support three 4K monitors simultaneously – take that, M3 MacBook Air. It’s also equipped with AI features thanks to a neural processing unit, making it part of the new “Copilot+ PCs” category (more on that later).

Starting at $1000 for the 13.8-inch model and $1200 for the 15-inch, this machine is available for pre-order today and ships on 18 June.

Surface Pro: a hybrid you won’t want to break up with

Next up, the Surface Pro has been revamped. This hybrid device ditches the model numbers for a fresh start. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X processors, it’s touted as being up to 90% faster than its predecessor. You can opt for 5G, better battery life with up to 14 hours of video playback, and an optional OLED screen.

The Surface Pro features Wi-Fi 7 support and the new Surface Pro Flex Keyboard, which costs $450 and includes a Slim Pen. This keyboard can be used attached or detached. It offers bold keys and a 14% larger touchpad for better accessibility. The Pro itself is under 900g, with improved cameras – an ultrawide, quad HD front camera for AI features, and a 10MP rear sensor.

The base model at $999 gets you an LCD display, an X Plus processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. For the X Elite and OLED screen, you’re looking at $1,500, and the top-tier version with 32GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and the platinum finish will set you back $2,100. You can pre-order them directly from Microsoft.

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Copilot+ PCs: Surface isn’t your only AI option

Microsoft is going all-in on AI with its new “Copilot+ PCs”. These machines are set to have built-in AI hardware and support AI features across Windows 11. This new branding will be seen across devices from Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, Acer, Asus, and Microsoft’s own Surface line.

These PCs will include a neural processor for advanced AI tasks. They’ll run over 40 AI models as part of Windows 11 and include support for OpenAI’s GPT-4o model. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s Windows exec, claims these laptops will be “58% faster” than the M3 MacBook Air and offer all-day battery life. Copilot+ PCs will need to meet certain specs: at least 16GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and an integrated neural processor. Arm-based models with Qualcomm chips are said to offer up to 15 hours of web browsing.

These machines will run AI models locally, meaning you can skip connecting to the cloud. Microsoft’s new standout Copilot feature, Recall, acts like a photographic memory. It lets users intuitively find files and emails based on relationships and associations unique to them. AI-powered image creation and editing come to apps like Paint and Photos, allowing real-time generation and iteration of images. Restyle Image reimagines photos with new styles, combining image generation and editing.

Partnerships with major apps bring new AI experiences: Adobe, DaVinci Resolve Studio’s Magic Mask, CapCut’s Auto Cutout, Cephable, LiquidText, and djay Pro. Live Captions now includes real-time translations from over 40 languages, and enhanced Windows Studio Effects improve video and audio quality. Each Copilot+ PC also features easy access to AI via the new Copilot key.

The first Copilot Plus PCs will be available on 18 June with Qualcomm processors. Intel and AMD models will follow later.

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The moment AirTags hit the shelves, they became popular with customers. So popular, in fact, that Apple is tallying up how many AirTags it sells before considering a second generation.

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When might a second-gen AirTag appear?

We first heard mumblings of an AirTag 2 back in 2022. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that the second-gen tracker could be on the table, depending on the current version’s sales numbers. Kuo predicts Apple will release a second generation if AirTags continue to grow in popularity. The trackers are already outperforming Apple’s estimates, with an estimated 35 million shipments this year.

Considering most Apple devices receive a second generation, this didn’t seem out of the question. Plus, Apple has now flown threw these shipment targets. So it looks like we’re set up for the second-gen to arrive. And Apple analyst Mark Gurman agrees! Recently, he shared in his newsletter for Bloomberg that we can expect the next AirTag to arrive in the middle of 2025. It’s already in production testing, apparently.

Gurman reckons Apple is going to improve the chip inside for better location tracking. But what else could Apple do with AirTag 2? There’s not all that much you can do with a Bluetooth tracker, after all. We predict Apple will work on making the device more compact, specifically thinner. The current version is thicker than alternatives at 0.31-inches, so we’d expect this would be a priority.

Whatever Apple decides to do, it sounds like we’ve got a little while to wait. For now, you can safely keep AirTagging everything in sight, so you never lose it. Or maybe just the essential stuff.

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Here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s Ultra Retina XDR displays.

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What is an Ultra Retina XDR display?

The Ultra Retina XDR display is debuting on the iPad Pro (M4). Apple claims it’s the best OLED display ever shipped in a device of its kind. A normal Retina display is any Apple screen that has a pixel density high enough that you can’t see the pixels. Meanwhile, a Retina XDR display is a Retina display that supports extreme dynamic range (XDR). So what warrants the new “Ultra” in front?

The Ultra Retina XDR display promises rich, vibrant colours thanks to its wide colour gamut. The display uses OLED technology, which emits light through each pixel for higher contrast and resolution without the need for a backlight. Apple’s gone a step further with a Tandem OLED design, which uses two OLED panels to crank up the brightness and maintain colour accuracy across the entire screen. It’s like an OLED Retina XDR display on steroids – hence the new “Ultra” moniker.

Apple’s Ultra Retina XDR display still supports XDR and HDR, meaning it delivers a wide range of dark and light areas in photos and videos. Deep blacks, bright whites, and all those juicy nuances in between. So, whether you’re binge-watching your favourite series or editing photos, it should look pretty spectacular.

ProMotion and True Tone are not exactly new but still worth a mention. ProMotion gives you that silky smooth 120Hz refresh rate, which is a godsend for scrolling and gaming. True Tone adjusts the display to match the lighting of your environment, making the viewing experience more natural and easier on the eyes. Handy for when you’re burning the midnight oil.

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