{"id":1203,"date":"2025-05-21T02:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2025-05-21T02:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T02:55:55","slug":"microsoft-introduces-ai-actions-in-windows-11-file-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/1203","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Introduces AI Actions in Windows 11 File Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft is rolling out AI Actions, a new feature integrated into File Explorer on Windows 11 Insider Preview builds. This tool provides AI-powered commands for working with files directly from the right-click context menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Functionality (Images Only)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, AI Actions supports&nbsp;<strong>JPG<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>PNG<\/strong>&nbsp;image files with the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bing Visual Search<\/strong>: Launches a web search to analyze the image, identify objects, and find similar content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blur Background<\/strong>: Opens the\u00a0<strong>Photos<\/strong>\u00a0app to automatically blur photo backgrounds, with options to adjust blur intensity or manually refine the area using a brush tool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Erase Objects<\/strong>: Uses\u00a0<strong>Photos<\/strong>\u00a0app&#8217;s Generative Erase to remove selected elements from the image.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remove Background<\/strong>: Opens\u00a0<strong>Paint<\/strong>\u00a0to isolate and extract the subject from the background, with manual adjustment tools available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/detail\/1747417\/SP205\">New 5700mAh\/64Wh SP205 Replacement Battery for Simatic ITP1000 SMP SP206 WT201<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Functionality (Microsoft 365 Files)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft plans to expand AI Actions in the coming weeks to support documents stored in&nbsp;<strong>OneDrive<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>SharePoint<\/strong>, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Summarize<\/strong>: Generates AI-based summaries for supported file types, including:<ul><li class=\"\">Word (.doc, .docx)<\/li><li class=\"\">PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx)<\/li><li class=\"\">Excel (.xls, .xlsx)<\/li><li class=\"\">PDF (.pdf)<\/li><li class=\"\">Plain text (.txt)<\/li><li class=\"\">Rich text (.rtf)<\/li><li class=\"\">Microsoft Loop (.loop)<\/li><\/ul><strong>Requirements<\/strong>: Microsoft 365 subscription with\u00a0<strong>Copilot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Create an FAQ<\/strong>: Transforms file contents into question-and-answer formats. Supported file types include:<ul><li class=\"\">Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, text (.txt), rich text (.rtf)<\/li><li class=\"\">ASP files (.asp)<\/li><li class=\"\">Web pages (.htm, .html)<\/li><\/ul><strong>Requirements<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Commercial<\/strong>\u00a0Microsoft 365 subscription with\u00a0<strong>Copilot<\/strong>. Consumer support is planned for a future release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/detail\/1747419\/575983\">New 4780mAh\/55.20Wh 575983 Replacement Battery for VAIO VWNC71429-SL FE 14.1 VWNC51429-SL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Availability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Image commands<\/strong>: Available to all users on the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Document commands<\/strong>: Require Microsoft 365 and Copilot subscriptions, with commercial access initially prioritized.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is rolling out AI Actions, a new feature integrated into File Explorer on Windows 11 Insider Preview builds. This tool provides AI-powered commands for working with files directly from the right-click context menu. 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