Microsoft believes that you won't be using a mouse or keyboard anymore in the future

What is Windows going to look like in five years and how are you going to interact with the computer system? 

Depending on when you asked that question, you may have received very different answers. Previously core features, like using MS-DOS, installing Windows from floppy disks, or desktop gadgets were at one time considered state of the art, but have since then faded into oblivion.

With AI integrations just starting, Microsoft CVP for Enterprise and OS Security Davit Weston was asked to describe how Windows might look like in 2030.

For Weston, it is AI that is taking a central place in computing in 2030. He suggests that Windows users may be talking to AI agents when they hire experts. That they may talk to the AI agents in Microsoft Teams, have them join meetings, send them emails or assign them tasks.

For Weston, it is all about pushing work that humans do not love into the virtual hands of AI agents. Humans, according to Weston, will focus on "ideation, creativity, vision [..] and connecting with humans".

For Windows, Weston believes that the way users interact with the operating system will change. Mouse and keyboard "will feel as alien as it does to GEN-Z to use MS-DOS". The computer, or Windows specifically, will "be able to see what we see, hear what we hear" and we interact with it using speech.

This may remind you of Recall, Microsoft's attempt at introducing an AI feature that sees all user activity on a computer so that users may interact with the AI about it. The initial version was a privacy and security nightmare. Microsoft had to pull Recall and launched a second, much improved version just recently. Even this new version is not without criticism, however.

Will Recall 2.0 gain even more rights and functionality? Weston makes it seem so, considering that Recall does not record sound currently.

Closing Words

It is difficult to imagine a world without keyboard or mouse. If you worked in a large Office room before, you know how hectic things can become. Now imagine everyone talking to their computers instead of using the mouse or the keyboard.

What Weston means, likely, is that mouse and keyboard will play less of a role going forward. There are still many applications, including gaming or image editing, that require accurate input devices.

Still, the rise of mobile devices has shown that keyboards or mice are not necessarily required to work with computers or electronic devices.

It looks like a long-shot though, even when you narrow down Weston's answers to the workplace. Yes, not everyone may need a mouse or keyboard to interact with a computer in the future, but many still will.

What is your take on this? Would you give up your mouse or keyboard for speaking with the computer or using touch? Feel free to leave a comment down below.

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Posted Tuesday 12 August 2025 at 4:38 am AEST (my time).

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