What if you could reclaim hours of your workday without sacrificing quality or precision? Imagine having a team of virtual assistants who anticipate your needs, tackle tedious tasks, and deliver insights faster than you can ask for them. This isn’t some far-off vision of the future, it’s the reality of AI-powered Copilot agents. These tools are transforming the way professionals work, offering a level of efficiency that feels almost superhuman…….Continue reading…..
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On March 16, 2023, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed for Microsoft 365 applications and services. Its primary marketing focus is as an added feature to Microsoft 365, with an emphasis on the enhancement of business productivity. With the use of Copilot, Microsoft emphasizes the promotion of the user’s creativity and productivity by having the chatbot perform more tedious work, like collecting information.
Microsoft has also demonstrated Copilot’s accessibility on the mobile version of Outlook to generate or summarize emails with a mobile device. At its Build 2023 conference, Microsoft announced its plans to integrate a variant of Copilot, initially called Windows Copilot, into Windows 11, allowing users to access it directly through the taskbar. Alongside the voice access feature for Windows 11, Microsoft presented Bing Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Windows Copilot as primary alternatives to Cortana when announcing the shutdown of its standalone app on June 2, 2023.
As of its announcement date, Microsoft 365 Copilot had been tested by 20 initial users. By May 2023, Microsoft had broadened its reach to 600 customers who were willing to pay for early access, and concurrently, new Copilot features were introduced to the Microsoft 365 apps and services. As of July 2023, the tool’s pricing was set at US$30 per user, per month for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium customers. On September 21, 2023, Microsoft began rebranding all variants of its Copilot to Microsoft Copilot.
A new Microsoft Copilot logo was also introduced, moving away from the use of color variations of the standard Microsoft 365 logo. Additionally, the company revealed that it would make Copilot generally available for Microsoft 365 Enterprise customers purchasing more than 300 licenses starting November 1, 2023. However, no timeline has been provided as for when Copilot for Microsoft 365 will become generally available to non-enterprise customers.
Windows Copilot, which had been available in the Windows Insider Program, would be renamed to Microsoft Copilot in October when it became broadly available for customers. The same month also saw Microsoft Edge’s Bing Chat function be renamed to Microsoft Copilot with Bing Chat. On November 15, 2023, Microsoft announced that Bing Chat itself was being rebranded as Microsoft Copilot. On Patch Tuesday in December 2023, Copilot was added without payment to many Windows 11 installations, with more installations, and limited support for Windows 10, to be added later.
Later that month, a standalone Microsoft Copilot app was quietly released for Android, and one was released for iOS soon after. On January 4, 2024, a dedicated Copilot key was announced for Windows keyboards, superseding the menu key. On January 15, a subscription service, Microsoft Copilot Pro, was announced, providing priority access to newer features for US$20 per month. It is analogous to ChatGPT Plus. Bing Image Creator was also rebranded as Image Creator from Designer.
On May 20, 2024, Microsoft announced integration of GPT-4o into Copilot, as well as an upgraded user interface in Windows 11. Microsoft also revealed a Copilot feature called Recall, which takes a screenshot of a user’s desktop every few seconds and then uses on-device artificial intelligence models to allow a user to retrieve items and information that had previously been on their screen. This caused controversy, with experts warning that the feature could be a “disaster” for security and privacy, prompting Microsoft to postpone its rollout.
In September 2024, Microsoft announced several updates to Copilot for both enterprise and personal customers as a part of its Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 event. These features included further integration with Microsoft 365 applications and improving performance by moving to the GPT-4o model. On October 1, 2024, Microsoft announced a major overhaul of Copilot for personal accounts, which included UI changes, fully separating it from Bing, the addition of features such as Copilot Voice, Copilot Vision, and Think Deeper (a reasoning model), and the launch of Copilot Labs, an early access program exclusive to Microsoft Copilot Pro.
It has “warm tone and a distinct style” and provides “encouragement, feedback and advice”. It has 4 voice options. Copilot Daily reads in voice the morning news, weather, and schedule. Conversation history could be used for personalization. The Lab contained Copilot Vision and Think Deeper at the time of announcement. In February 2025, Microsoft announced that Copilot Voice and Copilot Think Deeper, which uses OpenAI’s o1 model, would be free for all Copilot users with unlimited access. Previously, free users had only limited access.
On February 27, 2025, Microsoft launched a native Copilot app for macOS. On April 4, 2025, Microsoft introduced optional Memory for personalization (user preferences, facts, routines), Actions for performing specific tasks (tickets, reservations, gifts) online with specific partnering websites (Expedia, OpenTable, etc.), Pages as a canvas feature, Shopping assistant, Deep Research mode, and Copilot Search in Bing that combines search with generative AI responses.
On March 16, 2023, Microsoft announced Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed for Microsoft 365 applications and services. Its primary marketing focus is as an added feature to Microsoft 365, with an emphasis on the enhancement of business productivity. With the use of Copilot, Microsoft emphasizes the promotion of the user’s creativity and productivity by having the chatbot perform more tedious work, like collecting information. Microsoft has also demonstrated Copilot’s accessibility on the mobile version of Outlook to generate or summarize emails with a mobile device.
At its Build 2023 conference, Microsoft announced its plans to integrate a variant of Copilot, initially called Windows Copilot, into Windows 11, allowing users to access it directly through the taskbar. Alongside the voice access feature for Windows 11, Microsoft presented Bing Chat, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Windows Copilot as primary alternatives to Cortana when announcing the shutdown of its standalone app on June 2, 2023.
As of its announcement date, Microsoft 365 Copilot had been tested by 20 initial users. By May 2023, Microsoft had broadened its reach to 600 customers who were willing to pay for early access, and concurrently, new Copilot features were introduced to the Microsoft 365 apps and services. As of July 2023, the tool’s pricing was set at US$30 per user, per month for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, Business Standard, and Business Premium customers.
On September 21, 2023, Microsoft began rebranding all variants of its Copilot to Microsoft Copilot. A new Microsoft Copilot logo was also introduced, moving away from the use of color variations of the standard Microsoft 365 logo. Additionally, the company revealed that it would make Copilot generally available for Microsoft 365 Enterprise customers purchasing more than 300 licenses starting November 1, 2023. However, no timeline has been provided as for when Copilot for Microsoft 365 will become generally available to non-enterprise customers.
Windows Copilot, which had been available in the Windows Insider Program, would be renamed to Microsoft Copilot in October when it became broadly available for customers. The same month also saw Microsoft Edge’s Bing Chat function be renamed to Microsoft Copilot with Bing Chat. On November 15, 2023, Microsoft announced that Bing Chat itself was being rebranded as Microsoft Copilot.
On Patch Tuesday in December 2023, Copilot was added without payment to many Windows 11 installations, with more installations, and limited support for Windows 10, to be added later. Later that month, a standalone Microsoft Copilot app was quietly released for Android, and one was released for iOS soon after. On January 4, 2024, a dedicated Copilot key was announced for Windows keyboards, superseding the menu key.
On January 15, a subscription service, Microsoft Copilot Pro, was announced, providing priority access to newer features for US$20 per month. It is analogous to ChatGPT Plus. Bing Image Creator was also rebranded as Image Creator from Designer. On May 20, 2024, Microsoft announced integration of GPT-4o into Copilot, as well as an upgraded user interface in Windows 11.
Microsoft also revealed a Copilot feature called Recall, which takes a screenshot of a user’s desktop every few seconds and then uses on-device artificial intelligence models to allow a user to retrieve items and information that had previously been on their screen. This caused controversy, with experts warning that the feature could be a “disaster” for security and privacy, prompting Microsoft to postpone its rollout.
In September 2024, Microsoft announced several updates to Copilot for both enterprise and personal customers as a part of its Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2 event. These features included further integration with Microsoft 365 applications and improving performance by moving to the GPT-4o model. On October 1, 2024, Microsoft announced a major overhaul of Copilot for personal accounts, which included UI changes, fully separating it from Bing, the addition of features such as Copilot Voice, Copilot Vision, and Think Deeper (a reasoning model), and the launch of Copilot Labs, an early access program exclusive to Microsoft Copilot Pro.
It has “warm tone and a distinct style” and provides “encouragement, feedback and advice”. It has 4 voice options. Copilot Daily reads in voice the morning news, weather, and schedule. Conversation history could be used for personalization. The Lab contained Copilot Vision and Think Deeper at the time of announcement. In February 2025, Microsoft announced that Copilot Voice and Copilot Think Deeper, which uses OpenAI’s o1 model, would be free for all Copilot users with unlimited access. Previously, free users had only limited access.
On February 27, 2025, Microsoft launched a native Copilot app for macOS. On April 4, 2025, Microsoft introduced optional Memory for personalization (user preferences, facts, routines), Actions for performing specific tasks (tickets, reservations, gifts) online with specific partnering websites (Expedia, OpenTable, etc.), Pages as a canvas feature, Shopping assistant, Deep Research mode, and Copilot Search in Bing that combines search with generative AI responses.
In January 2024, a premium service, Microsoft Copilot Pro, was launched, costing US$20 monthly. According to Microsoft, this version of Copilot would provide priority access to newer models, including GPT-4 Turbo, during peak usage periods. It would also give access to the Copilot GPT Builder, which lets users create custom Copilot chatbots, access to features inside Copilot Labs, an early-access program for in-development features, and allow for higher resolution in images generated by Microsoft Designer’s Image Creator.
Several default chatbots are available in Microsoft Copilot, including the standard Copilot chatbot as well as Microsoft Designer, which is oriented towards the use of its Image Creator to generate images based on text prompts. Others include “Travel Planner”, “Cooking Assistant”, and “Fitness Trainer”. Copilot supports plugins for Instacart, Kayak, Klarna, OpenTable, Shop from Shopify, and Suno AI. Copilot Voice allows users to engage with Copilot in real-time voice conversations.
The feature utilizes OpenAI’s GPT-4o model, which has the capability to understand and generate audio. In October 2024, an early-access program for features in-development, Copilot Labs, was revealed, exclusive to Microsoft Copilot Pro subscribers. Features available through this program include “Think Deeper”, which uses the OpenAI o1 models to let Copilot “reason” through more complex queries, and Copilot Vision, which lets Copilot view and converse about websites while browsing them. According to Microsoft, content used during Copilot Vision will not be stored or used to train models during the preview.
Copilot is able to communicate in numerous languages and dialects. PCMag journalists conducted a test to determine translation capabilities of Copilot, ChatGPT, and Gemini, comparing them to Google Translate. They “asked bilingual speakers of seven languages to do a blind test”. Languages tested were Polish, French, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Tagalog, and Amharic. They concluded that Copilot performed better than Google Translate, but not as well as ChatGPT.
Japanese researchers compared Japanese-to-English translation abilities of Copilot, ChatGPT with GPT-4, and Gemini with those of DeepL, and found similar results, noting that “AI chatbots’ translations were much better than those of DeepL—presumably because of their ability to capture the context”. The markup language copilot uses for mathematical output is LaTeX.
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