Copilot+ Features No Longer Snapdragon-Only—Microsoft Starts Rolling Out AI Tools to AMD and Intel PCs
Microsoft is finally breaking the artificial boundaries it created around Copilot+ PCs, offering more AI functionality to AMD and Intel-based laptops after initially limiting features almost entirely to Snapdragon-powered machines. While the rollout isn’t complete just yet, the company is now making it official: Copilot+ features like Live Captions, Cocreator, Restyle Image, and Image Creator are now coming to systems running on AMD Ryzen AI 300 and Intel Core Ultra 200V processors, as well as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips.
This marks a significant change in Microsoft’s rollout strategy for Copilot+. Since announcing the initiative in May 2024, Microsoft focused heavily on showcasing the capabilities of Snapdragon X-powered devices, even though both AMD and Intel had launched their own NPU-equipped chips under the Copilot+ PC banner. Despite public promises to extend AI functionality across all platforms, the Snapdragon-only focus persisted, frustrating early adopters of non-Qualcomm hardware.
Now, with Monday’s blog post, Microsoft is delivering—but not completely. Some experiences remain Snapdragon-exclusive for now, such as photo resizing in the Windows Photos app and the Voice Access feature, which lets users interact with their PC using more flexible, descriptive voice commands. Microsoft says Voice Access will come to AMD and Intel PCs later in the year, but for now, that part of the AI experience still favors Qualcomm hardware.
The update delivering these broader Copilot+ features is part of the March 2025 non-security preview update, and it requires that your system already has the November 2024 non-security preview update installed. Microsoft will use its Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR) system to gradually push the new tools to users over the next month.
If you’ve got a Copilot+ PC with AMD or Intel silicon and want these AI tools ASAP, go to Settings > Windows Update and make sure the option to “Get the latest updates as soon as they’re available” is toggled on. That will help ensure you get the features as soon as Microsoft releases them to your region and hardware configuration.
Despite the lingering gaps, this update finally gives non-Snapdragon Copilot+ PCs a more level playing field, allowing a wider group of Windows users to benefit from Microsoft’s growing suite of AI-powered tools—and hopefully signaling a less fragmented Copilot+ future moving forward.