Copilot, Microsoft's “everyday AI companion,” is ready. During its presentation in New York last September 21, the Redmond firm announced the start of its deployment in Windows 11, from September 26, and later in the Bing engine, the Edge browser and the Microsoft 365 suite .

For Windows 11, Assistant integration will happen as part of the 11 22H2 update, for which Microsoft promises 150 new features leveraging AI capabilities. Once installed, Microsoft Copilot can be activated via the taskbar or the Win + C keyboard shortcut.

We will find summarizing capabilities, image generation (with the Cocreator Paint tool) or help for making videos (with the Clipchamp tool). Users will be able to familiarize themselves with these new uses and ways of interacting with the system in natural language. For example, they can ask Copilot to organize windows on the desktop, turn on dark mode, or find music to focus on. The AI will then suggest a playlist ready to launch in an app like Spotify.

“Copilot will uniquely integrate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you're doing right now on your PC to provide better support, with your privacy and security as a priority" said Microsoft.

Although the September 26 Windows 11 update is optional, Copilot will also be included in the 23H2 annual update in the fourth quarter. Microsoft is careful to clarify that "Copilot in Windows will be enabled by default, but under your control with Microsoft Intune policy or group policy."

As for Microsoft 365, after several months of beta, Copilot will be released on November 1st. Generative AI will support all tasks in Outlook, Word, Excel or Loop, OneNote, and OneDrive. Also included will be Microsoft 365 Chat, a conversational agent capable of navigating user data (emails, meetings, conversations, documents) but also the web.

Unlike the Windows version which is free, Copilot will be billed for around thirty euros per month and per user in Microsoft 365.