Improvements to the File Explorer context menus include text labels instead of just icons for common file operations.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been a core focus of Microsoft and Windows for a while now and with this next release it will be more tightly integrated to all of your apps in Windows.  

For example you can select text on any website and Ask Copilot about it and the Copilot pane will open and give you more information.

Or you can select text in a document and click Explain with Copilot to get more information, such as the example below where you ask how to make bread, and Copilot finds a recipe and provides all the steps for you.

These are just a couple of simple examples of what can be done with AI and Copilot.

There is also expected to be a brand new Copilot app released at the same time, unlike the current app which is docked to the right hand side of your screen you will be able to move it anywhere.

Finally there are lots of other new Copilot features coming such as Recall, Cocreator in MS Paint, and AI Super Resolution but these are all exclusive to the new range of advanced devices called Copilot+ PC's.

As well as being able to compress files to the .ZIP format as you have been able to do with previous versions of Windows, with this release you will now also be able to create both .7z (7zip) and .TAR format compressed files, with lots of options you can configure.

Improvements to the existing Snap Layouts feature so that it will suggest layout positions for your open windows based upon your existing open applications.

The Widgets board has been redesigned and now has a left navigation pane where you can switch between news feed and a dedicated page containing your chosen widgets.