Microsoft consolidates its Copilot apps into a single interface, streamlining access to Microsoft 365 services while adjusting feature availability and subscription tiers amidst a wider AI integration strategy.
Microsoft is folding its consumer Copilot app and Microsoft 365 Copilot into a single product, bringing personal and work use into one interface. According to Microsoft support material, the combined app will let people sign in with a personal account, a work account or both, then switch between them as needed. The move reflects a broader effort to make Copilot a central entry point for Microsoft’s productivity tools rather than a pair of separate chatbot experiences.
The company says the unified app will surface Microsoft 365 services more directly, including Word, Excel, Outlook and other workplace tools. It will also allow users to open files and documents inside Copilot for context-aware queries. Windows Central reported that Microsoft has been integrating Copilot more deeply across Microsoft 365, where it already helps with drafting text, creating presentations and offering productivity guidance in apps such as Teams and Loop.
Not every feature is making the transition intact. Microsoft says it has retired group chat, moving existing group conversations into individual chats. That change means prompts and other shared artefacts in those chats will no longer be accessible from 18 August. The company is also removing podcast creation and recording from the Copilot app, while Deep Research will no longer be available to consumers there from the same date.
Microsoft says free users will still be able to chat with Copilot, generate images and upload files for contextual prompts, but heavier use will remain tied to paid Microsoft 365 plans. The company also warned that some functions may be briefly unavailable during the rollout. The changes suggest Microsoft is trying to simplify Copilot while pushing its most demanding use cases further into the subscription tier.
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