Towards the end of 2021, important updates for the built -in noteer of Windows had been so rare so rare that a soft redesign and a handful of new settings were assessed as an important update. New updates have since become much more common, but just like the rest of the windows, recent additions are overwhelmingly weighed in the direction of Generative AI.
In November Microsoft started testing an update with which users rewrite or summarize the text in notepad with the help of generative AI. Another preview update goes one step further today, so that you can write all over again with basic instructions (the function is called Wite, to distinguish it from the earlier rewriting).
Just like rewriting and summarizing, writing requires that users are signed with a Microsoft account, because its use requires you to use your monthly allocation of the AI credits from Microsoft. According to this support page, users receive 15 credits per month without a paid Microsoft 365 subscription. Subscribers with personal and family subscriptions receive 60 credits per month instead.
Microsoft notes that all AI functions in notepad in the app settings can be switched off, and of course they will not be available if you use a local account instead of a Microsoft account.
Microsoft also releases preview updates for paint and cutting tools, two other Basic Windows apps that had not seen much through major updates before Windows 11 -Elaa. The functions of Paint are also usually AI-related, including a “sticker generator” and an AI-driven smart select tool “to help you insulate and edit individual elements in your image.” A new “Welcome Experience” screen that appears the first time you launch the app, you will have added to Paint (once again, again, AI -related) new functions that Microsoft has added to Paint.
