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Now that Microsoft has integrated Copilot throughout Windows 11, the company is bringing together the disparate elements of its AI portfolio into a single system. This integration of Copilot will help users interact with chatbots for both work and personal needs in one place. At the same time, it will allow people who aren’t interested in AI to completely ignore Copilot.
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As part of this integration, Microsoft is starting by combining the commercial and consumer branches of Copilot. On Thursday, the tech giant from Washington State announced that the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and the standard version of Copilot will undergo a sort of merger, much like Vegeta and Goku, transforming into a single app called Microsoft Copilot. The newly created software will have its own distinct – though quite familiar – icon. In a support document, Microsoft noted that the updated app will provide a simpler and more seamless user experience.
This is the first step toward creating the so-called “super-app” Copilot, developed specifically for Windows 11. All web and mobile versions of Copilot will be merged over the next few weeks. You’ll have to wait until mid-September for the Windows and Mac apps to be updated. Since this will be a universal platform, you’ll be able to use select popular Microsoft 365 apps, such as Word and Excel, directly through the Copilot app.
Along with these changes, Microsoft is permanently discontinuing some tools you may have even forgotten existed. The Podcasts and Deep Research tools will be phased out starting August 18. Additionally, none of your group chats in Copilot will be transferred to the new app. Other components of Copilot, such as Shopping and Copilot Health, may experience temporary disruptions while Microsoft integrates various AI features into a single suite. Microsoft hasn’t provided clear details on the future of the dedicated Copilot key found on most modern Windows PC keyboards, but it’s safe to assume that it will now launch the new Copilot super-app.
The main idea behind this move is to place the chatbot and image-generation systems in the same place where you typically use the service to create notes or draft work emails. You’ll still have to switch between your personal Microsoft accounts and your EntraID credentials.
There are two sides to this development. On the one hand, Microsoft is expanding Copilot, turning it into a universal tool regardless of whether you use it for professional tasks or for entertainment. On the other hand, Copilot will become less fragmented and won’t permeate the entire Windows 11 ecosystem as heavily. In April, Microsoft claimed to have over 20 million paid enterprise users of Copilot. This suggests that such companies have potentially thousands of employees who are forced to use this AI whether they want to or not.
However, that’s never enough. Google announced this week that Gemini has over 1 billion active users per month. To justify the massive expenditures on AI development, Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and any other major tech corporation must demonstrate that people are using their chatbots both for work and in their personal lives.
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