Microsoft says Windows 11 version 24H2, now in the Release Preview Channel, is “targeting Copilot+ PCs devices” and devices previously using Insider 24H2 builds
https://www.pcworld.com/... Additionally the Copilot+ PCs now have an update which enables the other AI features. This wasn't available until a few hours ago, hence the lack of unsupervised reviews of the devices. … X: Satoshi Tanda / @standa_t : 24H2 enables HVPT (VT-rp / HLAT) to prevent remapping attacks. You can check if it is enabled with msinfo32, systeminfo, or @aall86 's sktool v1.2+. Here is also sample code for that to save your time with reversing. https://gist.github.com/... [image] Roland Quandt / @rquandt : Feel kinda sorry for Qualcomm and all the hw partners now that it is clear Microsoft has once again botched a launch after they trusted them and put up with all their obvious control freak behaviour on this go to market campaign around Copilot+ PCs on ARM. Forums: r/windows : Windows 11's latest update is kind of insane, in a bad way
Context & Ripple Effects
Microsoft had already begun embedding Copilot and AI-assisted tools into Windows through its 2023 Windows Copilot rollout. This 24H2 preview narrows the initial delivery path around Copilot+ hardware and systems already testing the build, making device eligibility part of the feature rollout.
The release also pairs new on-device AI capabilities with HVPT security support. Later coverage of Recall reaching all Copilot+ PCs shows how this early, gated release became a foundation for a broader Copilot+ feature set.
First-order effects
- Copilot+ PC owners and machines already on Insider 24H2 builds are the immediate targets for the Release Preview update, while other Windows 11 devices are outside this initial path.
- The update enables additional Copilot+ AI features and turns on HVPT, giving eligible systems a mitigation intended to prevent remapping attacks.
Second-order effects
- Qualcomm and PC hardware partners face pressure to demonstrate the promised Copilot+ experience only once the associated Windows update is available; criticism of the launch makes that software timing commercially consequential.
- Feature availability becomes more visibly segmented by device class, encouraging buyers and OEMs to treat Copilot+ compatibility—not Windows 11 alone—as the relevant capability boundary.
Third-order effects
- If Microsoft continues tying marquee Windows features to Copilot+ devices, the Windows upgrade cycle shifts from broadly distributed software releases toward hardware-qualified capability tiers.
- Security features such as HVPT may increasingly arrive alongside AI-platform updates, concentrating both new functionality and new platform protections in newer, validated hardware configurations.
The trend: Windows is evolving into a hardware-qualified AI platform, where operating-system releases increasingly differentiate devices by local compute and security capabilities.