What exactly are Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs? Here's what you need to know

Copilot+ PCs are PCs built with AI in mind, featuring neural processing units to enable new artificially intelligent features.

Microsoft announced them in May , and the first batch of them have already hit the market from manufacturers like Samsung and HP , along with Surface devices from Microsoft itself.

The benefits of a Copilot+. PC will depend on your feelings about AI , and there are no clear benefits to these machines.

Current crop of Copilot+ laptops are all running on ARM chips.

Some programs run natively on ARM at launch, Adobe apps among them, and many more are promised down the line.

Copilot is a system-integrated large language model chatbot similar to ChatGPT that lives in a sidebar and can be summoned with a keyboard shortcut or a dedicated Copilot button on newer keyboards.

The one AI feature you should not buy a Copilot+. PC for is Copilot itself.

Copilot+ PCs don't run x86 games on a laptop powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite or X Plus.

Microsoft says it's hard at work improving the experience of gaming on ARM , but those efforts could take a while to bear fruit.

Some Steam games run just fine, albeit with a few hiccups.