“Surprisingly different” Microsoft’s new AI powered Terminal reimagines the command line
Windows 11 has a new command-line terminal with AI agent integration, but don't worry, Microsoft's not adding AI to the Windows Terminal . …
Windows 11 has a new command-line terminal with AI agent integration, but don't worry, Microsoft's not adding AI to the Windows Terminal . …
… It's available now and is described simply by Microsoft as "an open-source experimental fork of Windows Terminal with native agent integration." Yay for AI agents, I guess. …
… This year Microsoft focused on every layer of the AI stack. The company now has a platform for creating agents, a set of models tuned for agentic workloads, and new tools for building AI‑driven experiences across Windows, the web, and Microsoft 365 . …
AI Agents have been one of the hottest topics at Build this year. Improvements to Windows 11 allow AI agents to run in sandboxes to protect the rest of the operating system. Security features will ensure you can see what agents are doing on Windows. …
… "No one wants this." Consequently, Microsoft issued a detailed explanation highlighting Windows native AI future. Microsoft indicated that Windows will ship with a new agentic workspace feature right out of the box that will contain AI agents in their own secure session. …
… Because of the new AI agent, your favorite and most-used Windows apps could soon see the same performance boost that's on the way to core parts of Windows 11, at least in the long run. The AI agent is part of a widespread effort to increase adoption of WinUI. …
… At Build 2026, Microsoft will discuss Windows agents AI assistants that can perform actions on your behalf . Microsoft will also demonstrate how agents can be used to build modern Windows applications and how AI can help port Windows apps to run natively on ARM. …
… During the session, Beth Pan and Nikola Metulev explained how to create new WinUI 3 apps, improve existing apps, and migrate apps to use the Windows UI stack. Migrating to the WinUI 3 framework can be tricky when using AI tools. …
At Build 2026, Microsoft unveiled its vision for the future of computing in the era of AI : A platform that exists liminally between devices and the cloud, capable of agentic capabilities and being always available to assist you in the flow of work. …
… Office and Windows are arguably among Microsoft's top revenue earners and have helped turn the company into a trillion-dollar enterprise, but CEO Satya Nadella claimed that this might no longer be the formula for success, especially as we get into the agentic AI era. …