Overview
- An in‑Explorer Copilot pane was uncovered in a Windows 11 preview by insider PhantomOfEarth, pointing to inline assistance inside File Explorer rather than a separate window.
- Microsoft is testing a RemoveMicrosoftCopilotApp policy in Dev and Beta builds for Windows 11 25H2, enabling one‑time deinstallation on Edu, Enterprise, and Pro devices under defined conditions.
- The deinstall policy applies only if Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot are installed and the Copilot app was neither user‑installed nor launched in the past 28 days, with users able to reinstall later.
- Accessibility is expanding with Copilot‑based image descriptions in Narrator rolling out to Windows 11 devices, although the feature is not initially enabled in the EU.
- Broader experiments in Insider builds include agent workflows, Agent Launchers, an on‑device registry, and “Ask Copilot” in place of classic search, with some capabilities gated to Copilot+ PCs with NPUs or Microsoft 365 subscriptions.