Microsoft is combining its Copilot apps ahead of a ‘super app’

Microsoft is yet opening to harvester its user and commercialized Copilot AI assistants into a azygous “super app” interface, starting pinch the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both individual and activity accounts will beryllium moved to the caller unified app, which recycles the “Microsoft Copilot” sanction but features an updated app icon. The azygous app besides intends location won’t beryllium 2 annoying Copilot icons successful the strategy tray aliases taskbar anymore.

“Starting pinch a caller look, the updated app combines the champion of Copilot chat and image creation, pinch the powerfulness of Microsoft 365 for your work,” Microsoft said successful its update announcement. The updates are intended to beryllium a method milestone successful mentation of the “super app” Microsoft is planning to motorboat later this year, truthful this is laying the foundations of what will beryllium changing for Copilot products.

A worldwide rollout for the mobile and web apps will commencement successful “mid-August,” according to Microsoft, pinch a rollout to Windows and Mac apps group for “mid-September.” Mobile app users will beryllium prompted to download the caller Copilot app, and the updates will commencement appearing for immoderate Windows Insiders this week.

What changes you’ll spot will dangle connected which Copilot apps you’re already using. Existing Microsoft Copilot users will beryllium moved to the updated version, on pinch your chats and content, while Microsoft 365 Copilot app users will spot “minor navigation changes,” the updated Copilot icon, and summation entree to Copilot chat. If you already usage both apps, Microsoft says your chats and contented will beryllium merged to a azygous updated Copilot app, but notes that chats, content, and information will stay abstracted betwixt relationship types wrong the app.

There are nary changes to endeavor security, compliance, and authorities controls. Like the existent apps, Microsoft says users will still beryllium capable to move betwixt their Microsoft relationship (personal) and Microsoft Entra ID (work aliases school) accounts, and some relationship types will stay wholly separate. Core Copilot capabilities will stay free, though immoderate group whitethorn spot different usage limits for the free acquisition successful the updated app.

Some things won’t beryllium carried complete to the unified Copilot app, however. Podcasts and Deep Research are being retired and won’t beryllium disposable aft August 18th. Group Chat threads, messages, and contented besides won’t beryllium carried complete to the caller app acquisition aft this date. These are the only impacted services mentioned, though Microsoft says that different features for illustration Shopping and Copilot Health “may beryllium temporarily unavailable” while the Copilot updates are rolled out.

The changes to Copilot travel months aft Microsoft appointed a new Copilot chief to negociate some the user and commercialized sides of the AI assistant. Microsoft is moving Copilot much towards the commercialized personification interface, moving distant from the unsocial creation of Copilot that it first introduced successful 2024 aft Microsoft AI main Mustafa Suleyman joined the company.