Microsoft is merging its consumer and enterprise AI tools into a single app, signalling a shift towards a comprehensive AI ‘Super App’ with new features and phased-out consumer functions, starting with mobile rollout in September.
Microsoft is beginning to fold its consumer Copilot service and Microsoft 365 Copilot into a single app, a move that signals a broader push towards a more unified AI product. According to ThinkComputers, the consolidated experience will let users switch between personal, work and school accounts inside the app, while Microsoft says enterprise controls for security, privacy, compliance and governance will remain in place. Windows Central reported that the rollout starts on mobile and will then extend to Windows and macOS in mid-September, initially as an opt-in experience.
The change is partly a branding exercise, but it is also a structural shift in how Microsoft wants Copilot to function across devices. Microsoft’s own support pages already describe Copilot as available across Windows, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Android and the web, while the Microsoft 365 Copilot app has become the central hub for work files, enterprise search and AI tools. Under the new plan, consumer content such as chat history and generated images will migrate into the unified app, and uploaded or created files will be stored in OneDrive.
Some familiar consumer features will disappear as the consolidation advances. ThinkComputers said Group Chat messages, associated conversations and images will be removed from consumer access from 18 August. Podcasts created in Copilot will also need to be downloaded before that date, as new creation and access are being switched off. Deep Research is being retired for general consumer use too; Microsoft says existing reports will remain in chat history, but new reports will require the Researcher tool, which is reserved for Microsoft 365 Premium subscribers. The consumer voice character Mico is also being wound down, although parts of that experience may remain in education products.
The larger strategic aim is a “Super App” that combines chat, coding, workplace collaboration and agent-based automation in one interface. ThinkComputers reported that Microsoft plans to bring together standard Copilot chat, GitHub Copilot coding assistance, Copilot Cowork and a new automated workflow feature reportedly called AutoPilot. Microsoft 365 Copilot has already passed 30 million paid seats, giving the company a substantial enterprise base as it tries to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude.
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