Windows 11 Copilot Explained: What It Is (And Why You Should Use It)

Windows 11 is rolling out one of its biggest updates yet to users in Moment 4, with a bunch of new features. Out of the updates, the biggest one is arguably the Microsoft Copilot, an AI-powered chatbot integration that is essentially a more robust version of Bing Chat AI. While not everyone can get the update at this time, you should prepare for the arrival of Copilot, which has the potential to be a game-changer for the operative system. 

First of all, the Copilot is an AI tool that will be integrated with Office apps like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and more, using a language model similar to the one used in ChatGPT to streamline document creation, taking care of more tedious parts of the work while leaving you to focus on more important tasks. The tool can summarize emails, help with meeting scheduling, edit and improve writing, give advice on your writing, and more. Copilot is also integrated into Microsoft Paint. 

The Copilot offers a wide variety of tools and features that you won't want to sleep on.

Copilot is meant to help users in Paint with the addition of background removals, while the Photos app is now loaded with AI tools to help with editing, like background blur and improvements to the search function for photos stored in OneDrive. For writers, the Notepad app will now automatically save your session so you won't lose text if you accidentally close the app without saving. For Microsoft Edge, the Copilot AI will function like Apple's Siri, using your chat history to inform search results faster.

The Copilot is not (at least for now) meant to replace your own work, but it can serve as a shortcut for the decades-old operating system and help you get where you need to go faster.

Copilot can be helpful for tasks you don't do often, like turning on dark mode, creating new users, customizing your screen, and also summarizing long emails. Just like Siri changed how we interacted with our phones, the Copilot promises to change and ease how we interact with our office programs on Windows.