Subj : Microsoft is planning to make Copilot behave like a normal app in
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Mar 14 2024 13:00:06

Microsoft is planning to make Copilot behave like a normal app in Windows 11

Date:
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:44:57 +0000

Description:
Want Copilot neatly tucked away in a corner of your desktop? Windows 11 could 
soon make that possible.

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 Windows 11 is set for a major change to the Copilot interface, or at least 
this is something thats being tried out in testing. 

With Windows 11s preview build 26080 (in both Canary and Dev channels), 
Microsoft is adding a choice to free Copilot from the shackles that bind the 
AI assistant to the right-hand side of the screen. 

Normally, the Copilot panel appears on the right, and you cant do anything 
about that (although Microsoft has been experimenting with the ability to 
resize it, and other bits and bobs besides ). 

With this change, you can now undock Copilot, so the AI is in a normal app 
window, which can be moved wherever you want on the desktop, and resized 
appropriately. In other words, youre getting a lot more versatility regarding 
where you want Copilot to appear. 

Also in this preview build, more users are getting Copilots new abilities to 
alter Windows 11 settings. That functionality was already introduced to 
Canary testers , but is now rolling out to more of those folks, and Windows 
Insiders in the Dev channel too. 

The extra capabilities include getting the AI assistant to empty the Recycle 
Bin, or turn on Live Captions, or Voice Access (there are a fair few new 
options on the accessibility front, in fact). Analysis: Under the hood 
tinkering, too 

Not all testers in the mentioned channels will see the ability to fully free 
Copilot and let the AI roam the desktop for a while yet, mind. Microsoft says 
its just starting the rollout  and itll only be for those in the Canary 
channel initially. A broader rollout will follow, with Microsoft asking for 
feedback as it goes, and adjusting things based on what it hears from Windows 
11 testers, no doubt. 

There are also some under-the-hood improvements coming for Copilot as well, 
as mentioned in the blog post, but mysteriously, Microsoft doesnt say what. 
We can only guess that this might be performance related, as that seems the 
most obvious way that tinkering in the background could improve things with 
Copilot. (Perhaps its to do with ensuring the smooth movement of the undocked 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-is-planning-to-make-copi
lot-behave-like-a-normal-app-in-windows-11


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