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Microsoft Expands Copilot With Mico Avatar, Group Workspaces and Edge Tab Reasoning

The company stresses user consent for browser access to power more personal, persistent assistance.

Overview

  • Microsoft has begun rolling out the updated Copilot in the United States, with availability planned for the United Kingdom and Canada in the coming weeks.
  • With user permission, Copilot can apply reasoning across Edge tabs to summarize and compare content and perform actions such as booking a hotel, with Satya Nadella highlighting multi‑step task completion.
  • A new Groups feature turns Copilot into a shared workspace for up to 32 people, supporting coauthoring and other collaborative projects.
  • Mico debuts as an expressive avatar that uses animations and color changes to make interactions feel more natural.
  • Copilot gains long‑term memory and personalization to remember key user details across sessions, which Microsoft describes as essential for a capable assistant.