Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered generative assistant, is coming to Windows 11.
Windows 11's New AI Copilot – Hands-on & Demo
During its Surface event on Thursday, the company announced that it would be rolling out a unified Copilot experience to Windows 11 users starting September 26. Eventually, the generative assistant will be available across Microsoft’s entire ecosystem, including the full Office 365 suite and the company’s Edge web browser. Previously, it was split across a few different apps and services.
In the latest version of Copilot, Windows 11 users can do things like summarize text and shop for clothes based on a single image. Another new feature, called “Sounds Like Me,” lets Outlook compose emails for you and ensure that the resulting text and sign-off reflect your writing style. If these features sound familiar, that’s because they’ve existed in one form or another for a while on competing AI platforms like Google Lens.
Some of Copilot’s other capabilities include generating Spotify playlists and blurring the background in photos to reduce distractions. Another new feature, Windows Ink Anywhere, allows users to write in any text box in Windows 11 and have it serve as a launching point for a prompt to Copilot. Users can also open Copilot from the taskbar or by tapping the Windows and C keys simultaneously.
