Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is a conversational AI assistant for work, life and school, combining chat, grounded search and content or image creation. It is free with a signed-in Microsoft account, with some usage limits and additional features available through paid Microsoft 365 plans.

Microsoft Copilot is the company's AI assistant, delivered as a chat experience that spans work, personal life and school use. The homepage frames it as a single Copilot for every part of the day: users sign in with a Microsoft account and then pick a context (Work, Life or School) that shapes what the assistant helps with. Conversations from earlier versions of Copilot, including the chats formerly known as Bing Chat, carry over into the current experience. The product is organized around three recurring activities rather than a long menu of tools. Chat handles thinking through projects, brainstorming, summarizing information and working through concepts or assignments. Search provides grounded answers drawn from across the web and from a user's own files and insights, so the reply is tied to sources rather than free invention. Create covers drafting content, generating images and turning rough ideas into finished material. Each of the three areas appears once per context, with wording adjusted for work, personal or study scenarios. In practice, the work is conversational from start to finish. A user opens chat, describes the task, and iterates; for research questions the same assistant can pull grounded answers, and for creative requests it can produce images from a written description. The homepage emphasizes that work and personal conversations stay separate, with chat history, files and organizational protections tied to the relevant account. It is available on the web, on Windows and Mac desktop apps, and on iOS and Android, with the experience described as connected across devices. Copilot competes with standalone chat assistants rather than with narrow single-purpose tools. Its differentiator is the Microsoft account layer: free access with a signed-in account, some capabilities subject to usage limits, and premium features that depend on an eligible Microsoft 365 subscription. Buyers already inside that ecosystem get continuity; those outside it should check feature availability, which the homepage notes varies.