Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994
Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.
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So, I'd have to buy a new keyboard to update windows? I use Ghost Spectre for my windows by the way
The key seems pretty pointless. I disable cortana anyways so idk why i’d want a key for it lol. It’s other function is search apparently but I already use the win key for that
I believe it's to use generative A.I. on command
Why would you need a special key for that?
You don't, any more than you need the Windows key. MS just wants accessing AI on their platform to be quick and ubiquitous. This is their solution.
But who is this for? New laptops?
Apple has a closed system, so they can use whatever layout they want, but how can Microsoft require that manufacturers will implement this key?
I know that it happened before with the Win key, but I'm too young to know the details of how that became the norm.
It's a standard that Microsoft maintains. Like, "This is what keyboards for our platform should look like." The only real place this gets enforced is laptops and maybe keyboards bundled with towers running Windows. It's part of the requirements to get the little Windows sticker on your product and allows you to market the hardware with the OS. Beyond that, other manufacturers will usually implement the standard just to be on the same page.
No, if you have an old keyboard, you just won't have the button, keyboard will still work.
Same as if you have an old keyboard without the Windows Menu button.