Exploring the Skills of Microsoft Win11 AI Explorer that Can Bypass Snapdragon X Elite/Plus Chip Check

Gamingdeputy news on April 23, source Albacore recently excavated Windows 11 Build 26200 preview version updated, more information about AI Explorer features found,The code includes Screen Capture, Sidebar Island, Shoulder Tap, Screen Understanding, Intent Engine, and Discovery Overlay.

It is currently unclear the specific meaning of these functions/features. The source speculates on the functions they can achieve based on the meaning of the text. Gamingdeputy briefly summarizes it as follows:

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  • Screen Capture:After taking a screenshot, AI can automatically identify the elements in the screenshot, such as the Copilot function that has been implemented in the Edge browser.

  • Sidebar Island: Various AI elements should be introduced in the Windows 11 sidebar, but it is not certain yet.

  • Shoulder Tap: It means “development; utilization; request; eavesdropping”. The specific function is not yet clear.

  • Screen Understanding: Let AI understand the current screen content and provide relevant recommendations. For example, it can detect application windows and make suggestions based on what's on the screen. In the future, it may be applied to games to provide players with corresponding guidance.

  • Intent Engine: It may guess the user's usage intention and judge in advance to make Windows smarter.

  • Discovery Overlay: AI may be called to expand the content of the current keywords by overlaying layers to help users understand or provide recommended options.

The source also stated that a new executable file has been added to the preview version of Windows 11 Build 26200.aihost.exe“, which appears to support screen understanding and other features; it also adds baker.dll File, Screen Understanding needs to be enabled to enable many powerful features of AIX.

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The code mentioned in the code is as follows:

Screen understanding is on AI Host is not running.
Screen understanding is paused.
Models are not available and need to be downloaded. AI Host is not responding.
Try terminating aihost.exe from Task Manager

It is also worth noting that the Windows 11 Build 26200 preview further emphasizes the configuration requirements for AI Explorer:

  • ARM64 CPU

  • At least 16GB RAM

  • System hard drive at least 225 GB

  • Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus with NPU

Users can skip the check by disabling ID 48486440, but this only disables the AIX check and does not disable the API.

Gamingdeputy previously reported,“AI Explorer” is an important indicator to distinguish whether a device is an AI PC.It is described as “Advanced Copilot”.

Sources say that this feature has a built-in history/timeline function, which can convert everything the user does on the computer into a moment that can be searched using natural language. It can work in any application and allows users to search previously opened conversations, documents, and web pages. and images.

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