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Microsoft Rolls Out Copilot Fall Release With Mico Avatar, Group Chats and Edge Agentic Preview

Privacy prompts and grounded health sources anchor Microsoft’s push toward more conversational, agentic AI.

The new Mico avatar
Microsoft AI team members, from left, Trevor Back, Ella Steckler, Product Manager, Jacob Andreou, CVP, Product and Growth, and Wendy Wang Mertensmeyer, Principal UX Researcher comment on Microsoft AI's character avatar named Mico, during Copilot Sessions event Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Microsoft AI team members, from left, Trevor Back, Ella Steckler, Product Manager comment on Microsoft AI's character avatar named Mico, during Copilot Sessions event Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A video animation shows a Copilot Appearance avatar called Mico, floating around an abstract environment during a presentation at Microsoft's Fall 2025 Copilot Sessions event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Overview

  • Microsoft activated new Copilot features in the U.S. today, including Groups, real talk, long‑term memory, Learn Live tutoring and health-grounded answers, with broader regional rollouts to follow.
  • Mico, an expressive avatar enabled by default in Copilot’s voice mode with an opt‑out, begins in the U.S. and is slated to expand to the UK and Canada; it reacts in real time and fronts the Learn Live tutor.
  • Copilot Groups supports up to 32 people in a shared session for planning and writing, launching on the U.S. consumer Copilot and not yet in Microsoft 365.
  • The new real talk style matches user tone and can challenge assumptions, while memory and connectors let Copilot recall user-approved details and, with permission, pull context from Outlook, OneDrive, Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar.
  • Edge’s Copilot Mode adds Actions and Journeys in a U.S.-only limited preview, with explicit opt‑ins and visual cues for access to tabs and browsing history to perform multi‑step tasks and resume research.