Windows CEO Pawan Davuluri said in a new interview that the future operating system will rely on artificial intelligence and voice control, Windows Central reports.
Davuluri says that as computing becomes more pervasive and spans multiple form factors, eventually becoming multimodal. Along with this, voice control of the computer will also become much more important, as will the ability for the computer to understand what is happening on the screen.
Overall, Davuluri confirms that Windows will see a lot of big changes in the coming years, many of which will be centered around artificial intelligence. At the same time, the system will become more adaptive to the content on the screen, which was not possible before.
"You'll be able to speak to your computer while you're writing, inking, or interacting with another person. You should be able to have a computer semantically understand your intent to interact with it," the Windows executive said.
According to Davuluri, voice control will become the third key way to interact with the system — along with mouse/touch input and keyboard. Users will be able to control the computer using natural language, which is in line with Microsoft management's long-standing predictions for the system's development.
At the same time, Windows is undergoing significant changes due to the development of AI agents. According to Davuluri, in the coming years, the existing system interfaces will be significantly transformed, as the very approach to using them will change.
"I think what human interfaces look like today and what they look like in five years from now is one big area of thrust for us that Windows continues to evolve. The operating system is increasingly agentic and multi-modal... that is an area of tremendous investment and change for us," the interview says.
Finally, the Windows executive emphasized that cloud systems will play an important role in the future. According to him, Windows will combine on-premises and cloud capabilities, and Microsoft's goal is to make them work together as harmoniously as possible.