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Paint & Notepad Get AI Upgrades: Coloring Books & Smarter Text!
23 Jan
Summary
- Paint now generates custom coloring book pages from text prompts.
- Notepad's AI offers quick previews for text writing and summarization.
- These AI features are rolling out to Windows Insiders on Windows 11.
Microsoft is enhancing its foundational Windows applications, Paint and Notepad, with advanced AI capabilities. These updates are being distributed to Windows Insiders across the Canary and Dev channels of Windows 11.
Paint introduces a "Coloring book" feature, allowing users to generate custom coloring templates from text prompts. For instance, describing "a cute fluffy cat on a donut" can yield four unique designs to be added to the canvas. This feature is exclusive to Copilot Plus PCs, signaling Microsoft's focus on marketing its AI-enhanced hardware.
Notepad also receives significant AI upgrades, including "Write, Rewrite, and Summarize" functions that stream AI-generated results. This provides rapid text previews, improving efficiency. Additionally, Notepad now supports more Markdown syntax, such as strikethrough formatting and nested lists, alongside a new welcome experience for users.
