With the release of KB5053650, Windows 11's Voice Access now understands intuitive language

Microsoft released the latest Windows 11 Insider build, KB5053650, to all insiders on the Dev and Beta Channels. With it, the Redmond-based tech giant has made Windows 11’s Voice Access capable of understanding intuitive language.

What does this mean? Windows 11 users will no longer have to use a fixed syntax with Voice Access for the capability to understand what the user is trying to say and perform the said action.

As Microsoft says, you can now say “Can you open Edge application”, or “Switch to Microsoft Edge”, or “Please open the Edge browser”. Voice access understands your intent and executes the right action for the voice command you speak.

You’ll no longer have to pause and remember an exact phrasing for the capability to work. The Redmond-based tech giant also enhanced Voice Access with the ability to suggest real-time commands based on what users just said in case the tool doesn’t pick the sentence correctly.

Voice Access is now capable of something Windows Copilot should have been all along: the ability actually to open applications and navigate Windows using another tool.

Elsewhere, while the KB5053650 patch comes with dozens of fixes for the operating system, it’s also full of known errors ranging from general ones regarding the ability to install Windows updates to Recall, Click to Do, Improved Windows Search, File Explorer, Taskbar, and Task Manager.

You can read KB5053650’s full changelog here.