Windows 10 might get Copilot sooner than you think

Date:
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:53:40 +0000

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Microsofts reversal of course on Windows 10 not getting any new features has doubtless happened for a good reason.

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Windows 10 should get Microsofts Copilot AI a feature that was previously exclusive to Windows 11 in the near future, and some users might benefit
from the desktop-based assistant quicker than you think.

As you may have noticed, Copilot came to Windows 10 last week , but only in testing for consumers (Windows 10 Home, and non-business Pro editions). And weve just had a clarification about how Copilot will be deployed to Windows
10 users.

As Windows Latest spotted, in a blog post penned earlier this week, Microsoft tells us: Copilot will begin rolling out to devices running Home and
unmanaged [consumer] Pro editions of Windows 10, version 22H2 in the near term. We will roll out this experience in phases using Controlled Feature Rollout (CFR) technology over several months.

Notice that the full rollout will begin in the near term so that certainly suggests well be seeing Copilot in Windows 10 soon enough.

However, it wont be for everyone. As noted, Copilot will be pushed out in stages, so only some users will get it, and then its reach will gradually be expanded.

In short, a lucky few presuming you want Copilot, mind could be getting the AI assistant quite soon indeed.

The deployment of Copilot in Windows 10 will mirror that of Windows 11, were also told, meaning that itll only come to the US and North America first, as well as parts of Asia and South America. Other regions will be covered down the line. Analysis: Driving adoption of Copilot

It makes sense that Microsoft would want to get Copilot live in Windows 10 as soon as possible.

After all, witness the remarkable turnaround from the previous announcement that Windows 10 would get no major new features , to suddenly adding the biggest new feature of all from Windows 11. This is presumably the result of Microsoft wanting to drive up the numbers of those using its AI and Windows 10 users are a billion strong, of course. Thats a very big number indeed.

If this is true, and Microsoft is looking to tap into the Windows 10 user
base to this end, then the company will likely want to move sooner rather
than later.

More broadly, it seems that Microsoft wants to jam Copilot into pretty much everything it can. As an example, Windows Latest also flagged up the addition of Copilot to the command line in Windows 11 (and presumably Windows 10 eventually).

The theory is that Copilot in Windows 10 will be pretty much equivalent to
the Windows 11 version, but as we stand at the beginning of the porting process to the older OS, that isnt yet true, and the initial incarnation is more limited. Mind you, its still a barebones affair in Windows 11, truth be told, and Microsoft has a lot of work to do to fulfill its vision of an AI that can manipulate all manner of settings at the users request. You might also like Copilot AI could soon be available to a lot more Windows 11 users Copilot might be the biggest change Microsoft has ever made to its OS Copilot needs plenty of work - but Microsoft is already improving it



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-10-might-get-copilot-soone r-than-you-think


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