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Windows 11 Tests Yet Another Copilot Button, This Time in Taskbar Previews
Microsoft has slipped a new “Share with Copilot” button into the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview, as first reported by The Verge. The button materializes when you hover over an open app’s...
Hidden Code Points to an AI Assistant Coming to Your Windows 11 Taskbar
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Windows Game Bar Gets AI-Powered Gaming Copilot — But Don’t Confuse It With Xbox’s Controller Pairing Feature
Microsoft has started rolling out Gaming Copilot, an AI assistant built directly into the Xbox Game Bar on Windows, to testers in the Xbox Insider program. The beta, announced this week, lets players...
Before You Buy That Windows 11 Guide for Seniors, Here’s How to Tell If It’s Worth It
A new book landing this week takes a different approach to the perennial problem of tech anxiety among older adults. Windows 11 for Seniors, announced via a press release on EIN Presswire and...
Gaming Copilot Is Now in Windows Game Bar: Here’s How to Use Microsoft’s AI Assistant Today
Microsoft began rolling out the Gaming Copilot beta to Windows PCs on September 18, 2025. The assistant lives inside the Xbox Game Bar overlay, ready to answer voice questions, analyze screenshots,...
Windows 11 Gaming Gets an AI Boost: Copilot Rolls Out to Game Bar
Microsoft began pushing a practical AI upgrade to Windows 11 gamers on September 18, 2025: a voice-controlled assistant that lives inside the Game Bar and can analyze your screen, pull up achievement...
Xbox Gaming Copilot Goes Live on Windows 11: How to Use the AI Game Coach
After months of quiet testing with Xbox Insiders, Microsoft is flinging open the doors to its Gaming Copilot. Starting today, the AI-powered helper is rolling out to Windows 11 users...
Firefox 143 Adds Microsoft Copilot and Windows Web Apps—Here’s How They Work
Mozilla shipped Firefox 143 to the stable channel this week, bringing two long-awaited capabilities to the open-source browser: a Microsoft Copilot option inside its AI sidebar, and a Labs experiment...
Microsoft’s Copilot Quietly Gets a Memory Setting and Google Drive Link—Here’s How to Take Control
Microsoft has begun rolling out a ‘Manage memory’ toggle inside Copilot and revealed early preparations for a Google Drive connector, according to testers and UI references first reported by...
Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
Xbox App Becomes Universal Launcher on Windows 11—Steam, Epic, GOG Games Now in One Place
The Xbox app on Windows 11 is no longer just a glorified Game Pass launcher. In a move that reshapes the PC gaming landscape, Microsoft has reimagined the app as an aggregated hub capable of...
Microsoft Copilot Chat Gains Content-Aware Side Pane Across Word, Excel, More—Now for All 365 Users
Microsoft is deploying a content-aware Copilot Chat panel directly inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote to all Microsoft 365 subscribers, not just those on paid Copilot licenses. The...