Microsoft has upgraded its AI-powered Copilot digital assistant to generate Office documents and to connect to Outlook and Gmail email accounts, as well as third-party services like Google Calendar and Google Drive.
These changes are now rolling out across all Insider Channels via the Microsoft Store to systems where Copilot on Windows has been updated to version 1.25095.161.0 and higher.
After the rollout reaches your system, you will be able to link Copilot to your Google and Microsoft online services and ask it to search and summarize information from your emails, files, and calendars.
As Microsoft explained, these connectors are not enabled by default because the feature is opt-in and requires manual configuration of connections in the Copilot Windows app's settings.
"You can link both Microsoft and third-party accounts to Copilot," the Microsoft Copilot Team said in a Thursday blog post.
"This feature is opt-in. Access can be granted by opening the Settings page in the Copilot Windows app, scrolling to the Connectors section, and enabling OneDrive, Outlook, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, or Google Contacts."
Copilot searching through OneDrive files (Microsoft)
Copilot can now also generate and export Office documents from your prompt responses, with answers larger than 600 characters now including an export button by default to save the text as a Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF file.
"Just ask Copilot, 'Export this text to a Word document' or 'Create an Excel file from this table,' and Copilot will create the file for you," Microsoft added. "With just a prompt, you can instantly turn ideas, notes, and data into shareable and editable documents with no extra steps or tools required."
This update is gradually rolling out to Insiders worldwide, and not all enrolled in the Windows Insider Program will get these new features right away.
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