Credit: Tom's Guide/Microsoft When Microsoft announced the Windows 11 Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs in June, it was immediately met with backlash and controversy. The company quickly pulled it and promised to work on the feature.

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.

Microsoft cites a series of security and privacy precautions in Recall: The company says Recall is an opt-in feature, not enabled by default. Snapshots saved by Recall are stored locally on the PC,