Microsoft's Copilot AI upgrades to a dedicated Windows app

Microsoft said Wednesday that it is transforming Copilot into an app on Windows, and migrating the icon back to literally front and center on your PC. Microsoft made reference to the change in its keynote addresses at Build, its developer conference in Seattle. But a blog post on Wednesday outlined Microsoft's motivations for doing so, and what it plans to do with the Copilot Windows app. Currently, Copilot "lives" as an icon down in the lower-right-hand corner of the screen, with a small "Pre" banner attached to it as a preview. Microsoft appears to be ditching the "preview" designation and, in Microsoft's words, "evolving" Copilot into a full-fledged shipping product. "By changing Copilot in Windows, we're addressing one of the top pieces of feedback we have received from commercial organizations, which is to provide a more flexible, app-like experience," Harjit Dhaliwal, a senior product marketing manager for Windows Commercial at Microsoft, said in a blog post.