Today, Microsoft announced that Recall is coming off the bench — but there are some caveats. You need to be a Windows Insider on the Dev Channel and own a Copilot+ PC powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite or Snapdragon X Plus chipset in order to access the preview of Recall.

Hands down, the biggest announcement from this week is the return of Recall. Microsoft finally opened the gates to its controversial AI feature, allowing Windows Insiders to test Recall on eligible hardware. Just keep in mind that the initial version has some limitations, including Recall ignoring filtered-out websites in certain scenarios.

After much controversy and delay, Microsoft’s Recall feature is starting to roll out in a beta build for Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs. The Recall feature is available in the new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build that Microsoft released on Friday for beta testers.

If you're a Windows Insider in the Dev channel, you can now try Microsoft's controversial Recall feature. As the name suggests, this AI-powered feature helps you recall what you were doing on your PC at any moment in the past by taking screenshots every few seconds.

Like its AI, this automated screenshotter and logger is a feature not exactly everyone wanted Microsoft has initiated a limited public preview of its Windows Recall system – about six months after its unveiling sparked backlash over privacy and security concerns.