Whether Microsoft will hit even the modest December testing deadline remains to be seen. As for the question of when Recall might be implemented as an official feature for Windows 11 Copilot PCs is anyone's guess. It's good that Microsoft now seems to be taking a cautious approach.

Recall still isn’t even available to test yet on Copilot Plus PCs, but some good old fashioned fear, uncertainty, and doubt is spreading about Microsoft supposedly secretly installing it on the latest version of Windows 11.

Microsoft’s screenshot-grabbing AI feature Recall has been, er, recalled for a little longer. Enthusiasts in the Microsoft Insiders group were expecting to try to Recall firsthand about now, but extremely high-security stakes seem to be gumming up the works.