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Microsoft is combining its Copilot apps ahead of a ‘super app’
Microsoft is consolidating its fragmented Copilot ecosystem into a unified 'super app' that merges consumer and commercial AI assistants, eliminating user friction while maintaining strict separation between personal and enterprise accounts with unchanged security controls. This strategic consolidation signals Microsoft's pivot toward enterprise-grade AI tooling and simplifies the user experience across Windows, Mac, mobile, and web platforms, with full rollout expected by mid-September. For IT organizations, this represents a maturing AI assistant platform that requires communication planning around account management, deprecated features (Podcasts, Deep Research, Group Chat), and potential usage limit changes in the free tier.
You soon won’t have to look at two Copilot apps in your Windows taskbar. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is finally beginning to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot AI assistants into a single "super app" interface, starting with the Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps. Both personal and work accounts will be moved to the new unified app, which recycles the "Microsoft Copilot" name but features an updated app icon. The single app also means there won't be two annoying Copilot icons in the system tray or taskbar anymore. "Starting with a fresh look, the updated app combines the best of Copilot chat and image creation, with the power of Microsoft 365 for your work," Microsoft said in its update announcement. The updates are … Read the full story at The Verge.