Microsoft continues to shove Copilot down our throats, this time on our tablets

Date:
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:07:01 +0000

Description:
Surface tablet users beware - Microsoft may replace the notification center for Copilot.

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If youre a Windows user, youve probably been embracing (or running away from) Microsoft Copilot being integrated into your operating system. The AI-powered tool has been added to Microsoft Edge , Microsoft 365 , and the Windows 11 taskbar. Now, it seems like the AI companion is making its debut on Windows tablets - in the most annoying way possible.

Zac Bowden from Windows Central discovered that swiping from the right on
your tablet now opens Copilot instead of your notification center -
disrupting a core gesture that users have grown accustomed to. Bowden posted
a video on Twitter (sorry, X) showing this change in action, swiping to open notifications and instead being greeted by an unwelcome Copilot. Huh, the swipe gesture to open notifications now opens Copilot instead on Windows 11 build 26100 pic.twitter.com/ymcUCPef9c April 3, 2024 See more

Bowden also adds that the notification panel has apparently simply disappeared. You would think that if Copilot had been moved to the right, the notification panel would have been relocated, but that doesnt seem to be the case. Now, it seems that if you miss a notification its simply gone with the wind - you have nowhere to catch up on anything you miss. Give it back!

Almost all modern devices have some kind of notification center thats easily accessible. iPhone and Android mobiles have the swipe down from the top gesture, which is also translated to larger touchscreen devices like iPads or Galaxy tablets. Even your Windows PC has a notification center on the right side of your taskbar. So, its incredibly peculiar for Windows tablets to have that crucial feature removed.

If youre worried about your tablet being affected, dont panic - so far this change has only been implemented on tablets that are running on the latest Windows 11 version (24H2) . It was first spotted in Microsoft Windows Insider Dev and Canary channel and now seems to have broken out to a wider array of devices - so if you want to avoid this, just hold off on updating to version 24H2 for now.

Hopefully, this is a temporary change thatll be reversed soon. While Microsofts Copilot is an objectively impressive tool, theres no doubt that
not everyone will be happy to have these changes shoved in their faces like this. Especially if youre not a big fan of AI chatbots in the first place -
Id be pretty upset if I lost access to my notifications for something Id
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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-continues-to-shove-copil ot-down-our-throats-this-time-on-our-tablets


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