Microsoft ‘Hudson Valley’ Windows to Be AI-Focused with 2024 Release
Dec. 7, 2023Windows 11 has evolved so much over the years! We recently got the Copilot AI update, along with other features like Background Removal in Paint. All of the recent updates in Windows 11 that MS put out are within the realm of AI-powered improvements to the operating system.
Hudson Valley Is All About Artificial Intelligence
The main focus of the upcomingHudson Valleyupdate is said to be bringing “next-generation AI experiences” to the next major release of Microsoft’s Windows operating system. These features are expected to be tightly woven around the Windows OS, allowing for high versatility. A big feature of Hudson Valley is said to be “advanced Copilot.” Many impressive capabilities were described:
According to the sources of Windows Central, these new AI features will be ‘groundbreaking.’ Other new AI-enabled features were also mentioned in the report. Reportedly, new ‘AI-powered wallpapers‘ are also coming to Windows through the Hudson Valley update. It has been described as having the ability to understand the layers of the image.
Furthermore, the AI wallpaper will dynamically produce a parallax effect that gives an immersive effect to the wallpaper. It could even interact with your mouse cursor and the built-in gyroscope of the PC. This feature was also brought by Razer into Windows through theirAxon App, however Razer’s solution is paid one.
A new ‘Super Resolution‘ feature is expected to be present. This is said to upgrade the image quality dynamically in photos, videos, and even games! Theenergy-savingmode of Windows is also expected to become better. Lastly,a new desktop interfacecould happen with the Hudson Valley update. This new UI could place the system tray at the top instead.
WindowsReport also speaks on a new roadmap forWindows updates. After Hudson Valley drops for everyone, it is expected that Microsoft will switch to ayearly cyclefor major Windows updates. In the past few years, MS has essentially released groups of new features in the form of Windows feature updates.
These kinds of updates have been released several times within a year. As per the newplannedroadmap, MS will essentially focus onone major update per yearinstead of multiple smaller ones. That also means the company has abandoned its previous 3-year cycle.
However, the bigger speculation right now is whether or not the Hudson Valley update will actually mean thatWindows 12 is coming. According to the sources of WindowsReport, “Microsoft has become weary of further fragmenting the Windows user base with another product release.”
The report also listsNPU hardwarepowering certain features. However, itcouldjust be that Intel processors with an NPU chip (such as upcomingIntel 14th Gen Core Ultraprocessors) will work faster than the PCs that don’t have it.
After the Hudson Valley update drops in, we can expect many AI features to work offline, too (thanks to NPU) simply. But what about PCs without the chip? It is unclear for now which upcoming Windows AI features will be exclusive to modern PCs and whether or not they will work for older PCs.
What are your thoughts on the upcoming ‘Hudson Valley‘ update to Windows? Do you think Microsoft will basically release Windows 12 when it is time for this update to drop? Let us know in the comments below.
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