One of the most anticipated features of Windows 11 24H2 is AI Explorer which can input everything you do on your PC including files, documents, interactions, etc., and turn it into a searchable memory. You can find important information on your computer using natural language prompts. And now, according to an X-user (Albacore/@thebookisclosed), it appears the feature will be exclusive to ARM computers.

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26100, which is said to be the last Release to manufacturing (RTM) build to go to OEMs, has code snippets that show the requirements for the AI Explorer feature. For AI Explorer to work, the computer must have an ARM64 CPU, 16GB of RAM, 225GB (or more) of total storage space, and the Snapdragon X Elite NPU (QCOM0D0A). It turns out that Windows 11 build 26100 (claimed 24H2 RTM) includes the AI Explorer requirements 📃 baked into the OS💠 ARM64 CPU💠 16GiB RAM💠 225GiB system drive (total, not free space)💠 Q0A Guess Snapdragon (XWA) there is a way to drive ARM64 adoption 😶‍🌫️ pic.twitter.com/ZbQf4KY1BN — Albacore ☁️ (@thebookisclosed) April 18, 2024

It turns out that Windows 11 build 26100 (claimed 24H2 RTM) includes the AI Explorer requirements 📃 baked into the OS💠 ARM64 CPU💠 16GiB RAM💠 225GiB system drive (total, not free space)💠 Q0A Guess Snapdragon (XWA) there is a way to drive ARM64 adoption 😶‍🌫️ pic.twitter.com/ZbQf4KY1BN — Albacore ☁️ (@thebookisclosed) April 18, 2024

This means that upcoming Windows laptops powered by the Snapdragon X Elite SoC can only deliver the AI Explorer feature. Computers with Intel and AMD processors will not offer the long-awaited feature. We already know that the Snapdragon X Elite has a powerful NPU that can collectively perform 75 trillion operations per second (TOPS).