Microsoft announced a pair of new Surface PCs today, but it's got a big Windows 11 update in store as well. As you'd expect, some of these new features are exclusive to Copilot+, but some are for everyone, such as the heavily-leaked Start Menu redesign that launches with all apps shown, along with Phone Link integration that's been in testing with Insiders.

As usual, Microsoft didn't specify exactly when these features are going to arrive, and like Phone Link in the Start Menu, some have been in testing.

New features for Copilot+ PCs

Agentic search in Settings

Adding on top of improved Windows Search, Microsoft is putting an agent in Settings. You'll be able to tell it to do something, or describe a problem you're having, and it will guide you through what to do, and even do it for you if you want it to.

Improved Click to Do features

Click to Do is one of the newest Copilot+ features, letting you hit Win+click to analyze what's on your screen, using the NPU to break down the different components and let you action them. You can have it ask Copilot, search the web, and more.

Soon, you'll be able to convert something into an Excel table, draft something in Word using Copilot, schedule a Teams meeting, and send a message.

These features are coming to Insiders later on this month.

New features in Photos, Paint, and Snipping Tool

Microsoft is continuing to add Copilot+ features to its own inbox apps. Photos is getting a new 'Relight' feature that seems interesting. It'll let you add up to three light sources, set colors, move focus points, adjust brightness and intensity, or just pick a preset.

Over in Paint, you'll be able to select objects for easy editing. There's also a new sticker generator, which is the usual image generation deal where you prompt it for what you want.

In Snipping Tool, there's a new 'Perfect Screenshot' feature, which is essentially automatically cropping your screenshots. You'll have to opt into it, but the idea is that it'll use AI to detect what you're trying to capture, and intelligently focus on it. You'll be able to adjust it though.

These app features should be coming to Insiders later this month, although Photos Relight will be exclusive to Snapdragon PCs at first.

Windows 11 features coming to everyone

The new Start Menu

We already ran though this, but it's part of the feature list. It's clearly a popular opinion to have all apps show up when you open the Start Menu. Making this change a few years after Windows 11 launched is reminiscent of when Microsoft made the exact same change to Windows 10 a few years after it launched.

Notepad updates

Microsoft is still adding more features to Notepad, unfortunately. There's a new write feature that lets you prompt it to write, or it can summarize content. It's even adding "lightweight" formatting, something that just might be blasphemy to longtime Notepad users.

Copilot updates

Obviously, Copilot is something that's totally different from Copilot+, which is also totally different from Copilot Pro. Copilot Vision is going to be generally available soon, as it's been in testing for a while now. It'll come to the United States first.

Also, Insiders can use Press to Talk, which lets you talk to Copilot by holding down the Copilot key on your PC.

Many of the new features announced today are coming to Insiders this month, if they're not available already. General availability won't be confirmed until they're closer to launch.