Subj : Windows 11 users cant get enough of Copilot, apparently  thats wh
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Feb 05 2024 13:45:05

Windows 11 users cant get enough of Copilot, apparently  thats why Microsoft 
supersized the AIs panel

Date:
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:35:19 +0000

Description:
Copilot AI now takes up more screen real-estate by default following feedback 
from users.

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The Copilot panel in Windows 11 has been tinkered with a good deal in recent 
times, and a newer change that has been applied is one to switch up the way 
it appears by default, which has now been accompanied by a prompt from 
Microsoft explaining why. 

This was spotted by regular leaker Leopeva64 on X (formerly Twitter), who 
noted that the Copilot pane is now wider than it used to be, and opens as an 
overlay, rather than in side-by-side view (a more compact form, where its 
always nestling next to your active window). Microsoft has added a prompt to 
inform the user that the Windows Copilot pane is now wider and opens as an 
overlay by default, the prompt also mentions that there is a button to enable 
side-by-side view:https://t.co/hkjzTtarOT pic.twitter.com/D8r3uzPoOt February 
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Leopeva64 explains that the Copilot interface has opened this way for a short 
while now, but a new addition is a prompt Microsoft has added to explain why. 

The Whats new pop-up tells us that the recent change to make the panel wider 
so theres more space to chat was due to Windows 11 user feedback requesting 
that additional real-estate. It also notes, however, that theres a button at 
the top of the panel you can click to switch back to the more compact 
side-by-side layout, if you wish. Analysis: Copilot expansion 

Its useful to have an explanation of the recent move to change the default 
settings for how the AI opens, and by all accounts, this points to Windows 11 
users favoring a larger Copilot panel. (Or at least some of them, and we 
could assume the majority, at least of those whove fed back to Microsoft on 
Copilots interface). 

Certainly those who use Copilot quite a lot in Windows 11, engaging in longer 
sessions of queries, may welcome the AI assistant getting more screen space 
by default. 

The truth is we can expect to see a lot more of Copilot, one way or another, 
going forward. By which we mean Microsoft is already testing the waters for 
having the AI assistant appear when Windows 11 first boots ( in a limited 
fashion thus far , mind). Furthermore, there are clues that Copilot may be 
integrated into other parts of the Windows 11 interface ( such as File 
Explorer ). We can envisage further possibilities like being able to dock 
Copilot elsewhere (it sits on the right-hand side of the screen currently). 

What we definitely dont want to see are nudges or adverts to use Copilot, but 
sadly  yet somewhat predictably  this has been spotted in testing too 
(promoting Copilot Pro, the supercharged paid version of the AI , we should 
clarify). You might also like... You can now run Windows 11 seamlessly on 
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make these 5 big mistakes when using Windows 11



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-users-cant-get-enough-o
f-copilot-apparently-thats-why-microsoft-supersized-the-ais-panel


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