I’m excited because I think the security community is going to get how much we’ve pushed [into Recall].” One of Microsoft’s first big changes is that the company isn’t forcing people to use Recall if they don’t want to.

Recall, which takes advantage of advanced Neural Processing Units (NPUs) in new Windows PCs, was announced in May as the flagship feature in Copilot+ PCs from Microsoft and other computer makers. The first Copilot+ PCs were released in June without Recall, pending future software updates.

Windows Recall was the talk of the town when it was announced alongside the launch of the Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 PCs in June. Many poked fun at it, including myself, calling it a Black Mirror-esque feature.