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What is Copilot actually supposed to be for?

It showed up on my taskbar, in Edge and now in Word. I've asked it a few things but I still can't tell what it does that a normal search doesn't. Is it meant for writing, for windows settings, or something else entirely?
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finnm Nov 04, 2026
lilaj
Part of the confusion is that Microsoft uses the name for several different products. The free Copilot app in Windows is basically a chat assistant, same idea as ChatGPT. Microsoft 365 Copilot is the paid one that works inside Word, Excel and Outlook with your own files, summarising long email threads, drafting replies, writing formulas. GitHub Copilot is for programmers. Where it earns its keep is the boring stuff, nobody should expect it to do the thinking for them.
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