It is an AI-powered assistant that is available standalone on the web as well as integrated into Microsoft 365 applications. You can easily find it on the search bar of the Edge browser. You can also download Copilot as a mobile app. One of Copilot's aims is to enhance workplace productivity by leveraging AI across various Microsoft apps.
The goal of Copilot is to assist users in a range of tasks, from providing information and answering questions to brainstorming ideas and engaging in interesting conversations. Copilot is chatty, in a desire to make the user experience productive and fun. It's Microsoft's latest, iconic attempt to help users by offering tips, shortcuts, and assistance with various tasks. Perhapes you have seen or used Clippy or Bob or Rover, Microsoft's assistant bots from the past:
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In addition to performing ChatGPT inspired conversation and research, Copilot can perform unique tasks based on its positioning as a Microsoft product.
It can automatically transcribe meetings and summarize content, create drafts in Word and emails based on prompts, summarize long email threads in Outlook, assist with complex tasks in Excel, like generating formulas and charts, brainstorm on Whiteboard, plan on OneNote, and more.
Copilot is embedded in the latest versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, Paint, Designer, and other Microsoft products. It is grounded in user and business data. For example, it accesses content and context in Microsoft Graph and other apps while they are being used.
From Microsoft, here is a list of things Copilot can do:
Copilot Pro is an enhanced version of Copilot that offers several premium features and benefits. Subscribers can use it in web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. It supports over 20 languages. Copilot Pro has a subscription fee of $20 per month, and you can start with a 1-month free trial.
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