From The Verge · Tom Warren · · 2m
Microsoft unveils Copilot super app for work
Microsoft bundles chat, coding, and AI agents into one Copilot app, comparing it to Office's influence on productivity.
In brief
Microsoft bundles chat, coding, and AI agents into one Copilot app, comparing it to Office's influence on productivity. Microsoft officially launched a redesigned Copilot app combining chat, coding, and AI agents, positioning it as the defining productivity tool for the AI era. Originally reported by The Verge.
Microsoft launches redesigned Copilot
Microsoft officially unveiled its new Copilot super app today, bundling three AI capabilities into a single interface: chat, coding, and agents.
Three tabs organize the new app
The redesigned Copilot has three tabs: Home, Code, and Autopilot. Home combines Copilot Chat and Cowork, with a Today feature showing personalized emails, meetings, and Teams threads.
Code tab lets workers build apps
The Code tab is a surprise addition, letting anyone create apps, trackers, dashboards, or automations and share them as cloud-hosted internal apps within their organization.
Scout rebranded as Autopilot
Microsoft rebranded Scout, its AI personal assistant from Build earlier this year, as Autopilot. It runs as a cloud-based digital teammate that can work while you sleep.
Autopilot built for enterprise
Autopilot lives in your tenant with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace. It shows up in Teams, Outlook, and documents, where you can mention it like a colleague with full permissions and governance.
“Autopilot lives in your tenant with its own identity, memory, computer, and workspace”
Usage-based billing for new features
Microsoft is using usage-based billing for Cowork, Code, and Autopilot. The regular Copilot license covers Chat and integration with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Copilot compared to Office
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls Copilot a new operating system for work. The company compares it to Office's influence on productivity: just as Office defined work for the PC era, Copilot is built to define it for the AI era.
“Just as Office defined work for the PC era, the new Copilot is built to define it for the AI era”
Rollout timeline and competition
Home and Code tabs roll out to the Frontier program in coming weeks. Autopilot enters private preview later this month. Microsoft faces competition from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta in the AI era.
The bottom line
Microsoft officially launched a redesigned Copilot app combining chat, coding, and AI agents, positioning it as the defining productivity tool for the AI era.
