Microsoft Copilot in Windows 11: system-level AI for consumers
In one sentence With update 23H2, Windows 11 integrates Copilot by default as a system side panel. Bing Chat is rebranded to Copilot. AI as an OS feature, not an app.
With the Windows 11 23H2 update (rolling out from September 26, 2023), Microsoft puts Copilot inside Windows as a system feature. It's no longer an app to install: it's already there, opened with Win+C or the taskbar icon.
The Copilot panel understands natural commands: "put Windows in dark mode", "take a screenshot and email it", "summarize the page open in Edge". Under the hood it's GPT-4 + Bing Search, but at product level it's the same assistant that runs in Edge, Bing, Office.
The same day Microsoft renames "Bing Chat" to simply "Copilot". Branding becomes consistent: one name, one UX, present in OS, browser, office suite. For Microsoft it's the moment to claim "AI in the OS" before Apple does (Apple Intelligence will land 9 months later, June 2024).
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