Windows 11 24H2’s exclusive AI feature, Recall, has already been ported to existing hardware

As a reminder, the feature announced by Microsoft for Windows 11 during its May 20 event is certainly an interesting addition to the operating system. Unfortunately, getting your hands on one requires purchasing one of the recently revealed Copilot+ PCs, which feature Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series processors. However, as expected, enthusiasts have already backported Recall to existing hardware, even on low-power Windows devices on ARM devices.

Albacore, who goes by @thebookisclosed on X, announced today that they managed to get Recall running on a fairly low-end PC with the Snapdragon 7cx processor and 4GB of RAM. Although the 7cx is an ARM chip, it doesn’t have an integrated NPU, and only 3.4 GB of available memory apparently makes things much more difficult (especially since the official requirement is a minimum of 16 GB of RAM).

Despite the limitations, Albacore said the feature worked “surprisingly well.” Furthermore, the author promised to release a detailed guide soon so that owners of Surface Pro X and other Windows on ARM devices can get their hands on Recall. As for x86, things are a bit more difficult since ML models for developers mainly include ARM64 packages. However, you should eventually be able to run Recall on an x86 machine.

The idea of ​​Recall is both interesting and slightly disturbing. Although Microsoft has already made it clear that all processing happens on the device and no data leaves your computer, many users have expressed concern about Windows 11 taking a screenshot of literally everything on screen every few minutes. However, it’s worth noting that Windows 11 will allow you to specify which apps should never be captured or simply disable them.

The reminder will be available as part of the upcoming 24H2 build of Windows 11, which is now available for public testing in the Release Preview Channel, which is the final step before public release.