GoKawiilMicrosoft relaunches Copilot as unified app with chat, code and Autopilot agent
Microsoft has released a redesigned Copilot app that merges chat, coding tools, and AI agents into three tabs: Home, Code, and Autopilot. Home combines Copilot Chat and Cowork with a new personalized dashboard called Today, while Code lets users build apps and automations powered by GitHub Copilot's technology. Microsoft also renamed its Scout personal assistant, first shown at Build, to Autopilot, now framed as a cloud-based 'digital teammate' that can keep working autonomously.
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By folding coding tools into an app built for knowledge workers, Microsoft appears to be positioning Copilot as a broad productivity hub rather than a narrow chat assistant, echoing how Office once bundled disparate tools into one suite. The rebranding of Scout to Autopilot and its shift to a persistent cloud agent suggests Microsoft wants Copilot to operate more independently, running tasks even when users are offline, which could deepen reliance on Microsoft's AI infrastructure across both technical and non-technical work.
- Copilot's redesigned app has three tabs: Home, Code, and Autopilot.
- Scout has been renamed Autopilot and now runs as a persistent cloud-based AI agent.
- The new Code tab lets users build and share cloud-hosted apps using GitHub Copilot technology.
Source: theverge.com — Tom Warren, 2026-09-25
Published there as: “Microsoft thinks its new Copilot ‘super app’ will be as influential as Office”
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