Microsoft released something new Setting up a canary test Yesterday for Windows, it brings the company’s Voice Clarity feature, which previously only worked on Surface devices, to all Windows machines, including those using ARM CPUs. Company says in a blog post The feature uses “low-complexity AI models” to filter out background noise, echoes, and reverberations in real-time.
If Audio Clarity works well enough, its obvious best use is to make Zoom or Teams meetings less excruciating — after all, how many times have you lost yourself because someone’s standing 10 feet away from a laptop giving a presentation, their voice washed out in a sea of reverb or echo? Or were you unable to concentrate on what you were saying because your every word was being answered through another participant’s microphone?
Microsoft says that PC games can also use this feature for voice chat, where it will again use artificial intelligence to suppress unwanted background noise. The build also brings instant access to photos and screenshots from connected Android devices, and a new Windows setup procedure that the company says has a “cleaner and more modern design.” It also adds an 80Gbps upgrade to USB4.