Microsoft combines Copilot into one big AI app

Microsoft has turned its AI assistant Copilot into what the company itself calls a "super app." Instead of several different Copilot versions for consumers and businesses, Microsoft is now bringing everything together in one app with three main parts.

The first part is called Home and works like a regular chat, where you can talk to the AI and get help from Microsoft's so-called Cowork agent. The second part, Code, lets users build their own small apps and tools just by describing what they should do, without writing any code themselves. The third part, Autopilot, makes it possible to set AI agents to work on tasks that keep running on their own, without you having to sit and steer them all the time.

At the same time, Microsoft is building full versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint directly into Copilot, so you can write documents and create spreadsheets without switching between different programs.

The update is Microsoft's answer to the fact that both OpenAI and Anthropic have built similar all-in-one AI apps with chat, coding and agents, which they sell directly to businesses. Microsoft otherwise has a strong position because many workplaces already use Office, but according to CNBC, fewer than 7 percent of the more than 450 million existing Office 365 users have chosen to pay extra for the AI add-on.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has described the plan as building Copilot to function as "a new operating system for work" that can use many different AI models. In fact, in the Copilot Studio part, companies can choose for themselves whether to use Microsoft's own models, OpenAI's, or Anthropic's Claude models, depending on what solves the task best.

For ordinary users, this mainly means that Copilot will bring more features together in one place, instead of having to switch between apps to chat, write documents or start AI tasks. The rollout to Windows and Mac is already underway, while several of the new features, such as Code and Autopilot, will arrive gradually over the coming weeks and months.

What this means for you

If you already use Copilot at work or at home, you can now chat, write documents and start AI tasks in the same place. If you want to build a simple app or tool, you can try the Code part just by describing what it should do. Keep an eye on updates in Windows or on Mac, as the features are rolling out gradually over the coming weeks and months.