Microsoft is overhauling Copilot with a redesigned structure divided into three areas: Home for organizing meetings, documents, emails and agents; Code for building apps and vibe coding; and Autopilot, a rebranded version of Scout that acts as a semi-autonomous digital teammate. The update rolls out first through Microsoft's Frontier Program for businesses and individual subscribers, with a new Copilot Managed Runtime letting enterprises host generated code within their own Microsoft 365 environment.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-25
Microsoft is redesigning its standalone Copilot app with three new tabs: 'Home' for chats and task routing, 'Code' for building apps and dashboards from natural-language descriptions, and 'Autopilot' for agentic automation of recurring tasks. The app will also gain direct integration with Office applications, according to Jared Spataro, Microsoft's Chief Marketing Officer of AI at Work.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-25
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.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-25
Microsoft announced a new Surface Mouse that will go on sale October 13 for $80, marking its first update to the accessory since 2016. The device adds haptic feedback that vibrates subtly during clicks, window snapping, and object alignment, plus a customizable action button designed primarily for Copilot use via the Surface app.
zdnet.com
· 2026-09-24
Microsoft has confirmed that its Copilot AI assistant is experiencing degraded service, with many users receiving error messages instead of answers to their prompts. The company says it has traced the problem to a specific API endpoint and is reviewing diagnostics to find the root cause.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-17
Microsoft confirmed it is still investigating why Copilot and Copilot Chat buttons vanish from classic Outlook for Windows after upgrading to build 20026.20182 or later. The issue affects users with Copilot Chat Basic or M365 Copilot Premium licenses, blocking access to Copilot from the ribbon, app bar, or Add Apps menu.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-16
Microsoft has updated its Copilot iPhone app to support Apple CarPlay, requiring iOS 26.4 or later and a subscription to function. The voice-driven integration mirrors chat history from the phone app, including text-based conversations, and joins Siri AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok, Meta AI and Claude as chatbot options available in CarPlay.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-11
Microsoft submitted 8.2 million Copilot chat logs as part of discovery in copyright suits from The New York Times, the Center for Investigative Reporting, and book authors. The company says only 59,545 logs shared at least 16 words with plaintiffs' news content, with far fewer showing substantial text overlap, and just 10 of 212 books evaluated had any matching passages.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-04
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