14 Features on Windows 11 Update to Improve Productivity

The 2023 Fall Windows 11 Update is a testament to Microsoft’s commitment to excellence with features that improve your overall experience.

The Microsoft Copilot is a personal assistant powered by AI that assists you in work, creation and play. It can summarise a webpage, compose an email, change your settings, or even generate an image based on an idea you have. To begin, find the Copilot icon on the taskbar or press WIN + C to open Copilot on Windows.

You can now use Paint to remove backgrounds and the Paint Cocreator lets you enter text to make a unique image. There are other tools within Paint to further refine your creation by adding layers or drawings on top of it.

With Microsoft Clipchamp, you can effortlessly edit videos using advanced AI tools like Auto Compose. This feature will assist you in video editing by asking a few simple questions about the type of video you’re creating. Clipchamp will recommend scenes, edits, and narrative – all based on your input and creative assets.

The snipping tool now has screen recording capabilities with audio and mic support. To use the screen recording feature, simply press Win + Shift + R or Print Screen.

The snipping tool also has two new text actions – text extraction and redaction. If you need to extract specific content from an online article, a video call, or any other sources, you can scan and copy text into other documents using text extraction. You can also black out any text you do not want to show with the redaction feature.

There are also new functionalities in the Photo app. It is now easier to find that favourite photo in OneDrive with enhanced search capabilities. Simply type in the keywords and objects you remember from the image to quickly locate the photos you are seeking. You can now do background blur, enhance image resolution, and add stylish blur effects.

With the Windows Backup feature, you can now select your preferred backup option for most files, apps, settings, and credentials. When you get a new Windows 11 PC, you can easily bring back your content from your backed-up PCs by logging in with your Microsoft account. The free cloud storage is limited to 5GB and is upgradable with a Microsoft 365 subscription.

You can also use Voice access to set up and navigate your PC using preferred inputs. You can input complex and non-standard words using the new spelling feature. The correction function will fix any words that were recognized incorrectly.

There are now three new voices to make listening more natural and enjoyable when using Narrator. It also currently supports Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean.

With the integration of Passkeys with Windows Hello, it is now harder for hackers to steal your passwords. Passkeys are the cross-platform future of secure sign-in management that eliminates the need for passwords. You can sign in using your face, fingerprint, or device PIN with Passkey.

With the Adaptive Dimming feature, your PC presence sensor can slowly dim your screen and save energy when it detects you are no longer paying attention. If your PC has this sensor, you can enable Wake on Approach, Lock on Leave and Adaptive Dimming to conserve energy.

Config Refresh is designed to allow settings in the Policy CSP on Windows 11 devices to be reset every 90 minutes by default. This is to prevent users from accidentally changing the registry settings.

Windows 365 Switch provides the flexibility to transition between Cloud PC and local desktop. Employees can securely access their personalised apps, content, data and settings on whichever device they choose to work from.

This feature makes it easy for employees to access company information on personal PCs while balancing their security needs. Employees can access organisational resources through Microsoft Edge from an unmanaged device while giving IT the ability to control the conditions under which the resources can be accessed.

Users can quickly and easily find relevant files based on their usage with this new feature.

If you are still using time-consuming methods to get work done, be sure to delve into Microsoft Windows 11 latest enchantments. We can help you get started with the latest updates in Microsoft 365, Windows 11 and other business productivity solutions.

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