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The latest Translation coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 11 Live Captions processes audio on-device, boosting privacy and productivity for all users.
Microsoft's Windows 11 includes a deceptively powerful accessibility feature that has quietly evolved into a versatile productivity tool for millions of users: Live Captions. Activated with a simple...
Windows 11 Snipping Tool Gets Bing Visual Search for OCR, Translation & Math
Microsoft has quietly transformed the Windows 11 Snipping Tool from a simple screenshot utility into a powerful AI-powered research companion. The latest update introduces a Google Lens-style "Visual...
Windows 11 Tests Yet Another Copilot Button, This Time in Taskbar Previews
Microsoft has slipped a new “Share with Copilot” button into the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, as first reported by The Verge. The button materializes when you hover over an open app’s...
KB5065786 Hands Windows 11 Users Quick Spotlight Switches and Copilot Translation
Microsoft's latest Windows 11 Insider update, KB5065786, brings new right-click menu options for Desktop Spotlight, a unified account hub in Settings, and deeper Copilot integration for translation...
Windows 11 Insider Builds 26220.6690 and 26120.6690: Copilot Invades the Taskbar and a New Account Hub Arrives
Microsoft dropped a new Insider preview on September 19, pushing KB5065786 to the Dev Channel as Build 26220.6690 and to the Beta Channel as Build 26120.6690. The update concentrates on three fronts:...
Windows 11 Dev Build 26220.6690: AI Translation Arrives, But Hardware Hiccups Linger
On September 19, Microsoft shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.6690 (KB5065786) to the Dev Channel, packing two new Copilot-driven features and a handful of urgent fixes. The most notable...
Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
Microsoft Sneaks Bing Visual Search Into Edge Canary’s Desktop Bar—Camera Icon Triggers Image Lookups
A small camera icon has materialized inside Edge Canary’s floating desktop search bar on Windows 11, and it opens a direct pipeline to Bing Visual Search without ever launching a full browser...
Microsoft Edge Beta Delivers AI-Powered Video Dubbing, but You'll Need 12GB RAM to Use It
Microsoft Edge’s latest beta and Canary builds now include a preview of real-time audio translation for videos, capable of generating simultaneous subtitles or even dubbing spoken content into...
Vivaldi Rejects AI as Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic Push Cloud and Data Collection
A wave of product updates and policy shifts this week drew fresh battle lines in the long-running war between user privacy and the convenience of cloud-connected AI. Microsoft quietly made Word’s...
Microsoft Copilot Lands on Samsung 2025 TVs with Animated Avatar, Voice AI, and Visual Cards
Microsoft and Samsung have officially launched Copilot on select 2025 Samsung TVs and Smart Monitors, bringing a voice-powered AI companion with an animated, lip-synced avatar directly to the biggest...
Microsoft Engages Covington & Burling for External Review of Azure’s Role in Alleged Palestinian Surveillance
Microsoft has retained the law firm Covington & Burling and an independent technical consultancy to expand an external review into allegations that Israel’s military intelligence unit, Unit...