Upcoming Windows 11 update could improve how you copy and paste

Date:
Wed, 30 Mar 2022 11:00:56 +0000

Description:
Microsoft appears to be mulling a nifty improvement for this basic piece of functionality.

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Windows 11 looks like it could offer some smart new tricks with copying and pasting in the future, including intelligently determining what youre cutting or copying, then offering to open a relevant app to paste into.

Windows Latest uncovered clues pertaining to a Smart Clipboard and Smart Actions after digging around in the latest preview builds of Windows 11 and finding a number of experimental flags for these features.

Those flags refer to a Smart Clipboard UX and Smart Install App
Recommendation among other bits of functionality, with Windows Latest theorizing that this Smart Clipboard would have a different keyboard shortcut
and be separate to the current Clipboard and would allow users to directly transfer rich content straight into apps.

As an example, say you copied an email address. In this case, Smart Clipboard would immediately suggest to directly paste this into Outlook (opening the app, and placing the copied address in a blank message).

Depending on what youre cutting or copying, different apps could be recommended as a destination, and the whole system would be powered by AI, meaning that Windows 11 should learn the tasks you commonly perform, and become more accurate with its suggestions as time goes on. Analysis:
Revamping even the most basic computing tasks

Cutting or copying and pasting is such a basic task, its something thats doubtless pretty much hardwired into your daily computing activities an action you perform without even thinking about it.

And while you wouldnt imagine theres much you can do with such a basic piece of functionality, its good to see that Microsoft is thinking about innovating in these kinds of spaces the core nuts-and-bolts of the Windows 11 experience.

Machine learning-powered suggested apps for whatever youre cutting or copying could be a neat addition to make working within Microsofts OS that bit more streamlined. And if you dont want them, then you dont have to use the new function; at least if it works the way Windows Latest is describing.

That said of course, all of this is just speculation based on some nuggets of info hidden away in Windows 11, and we dont know if Microsoft has any firm plans to develop such a Smart Clipboard. It could remain experimental
tweaking that never sees the light of day, for all we know. Or we might just see this Clipboard revamp later this year when the big 22H2 update rolls out
, and if thats the case, the feature should hit testing before too long.
Check out our guide to Windows 11 problems and how to fix them



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