Microsoft pauses public testing of new Copilot features in Windows 11

Microsoft has recently announced its plans to pause public testing of new Copilot features in Windows 11. AI is one of the trendy topics these days. And, Microsoft being one of the big global tech giants is rapidly working towards launching its AI products in the market.

Without a doubt, it is the company’s move to stay ahead in the competitive AI market that’s ever-growing. However, there’s a change of plan.

Microsoft announces to pause of the testing of new Copilot features, says it wants to ‘refine’ experience

Talking of AI products, Copilot is one of the hot products of Microsoft which currently has a love-hate relationship with users. While the AI assistant is great for streamlining the workflow in almost all Microsoft apps, it has been criticized too.

Now it seems Microsoft is responding the same by announcing a pause to public testing of new Copilot features for Windows 11 users. The news must have pleased many who felt the company was rushing way too much with its AI assistant, Copilot.

Microsoft announced the news with the release of the latest Beta Channel Build 22635.3570. In the recent Windows Insider blog post, the company adds:

Over the last few months, we’ve been trying out different experiences for Copilot in Windows (Preview) with Windows Insiders across the Canary, Dev, and Beta Channels. Some of these experiences include the ability for Copilot in Windows to act like a normal application window and the taskbar icon animating to indicate that Copilot can help when you copy text or images. We have decided to pause the rollouts of these experiences to further refine them based on user feedback. Copilot in Windows will continue to work as expected while we continue to evolve new ideas with Windows Insiders.

Microsoft didn’t specify any specific reason behind this move

The exact reason behind pausing the Copilot feature testing in Windows 11 isn’t clear. However, one possible reason we could think of is the backlash Copilot faced in recent times. Another reason behind this could be associated with its development cost. However, these are only assumptions.

More recently, there were a few reports that Microsoft is going too fast with AI development. One of the engineers even anonymously said the company is competing in an AI rat race that is eventually taking a toll on AI engineers. It could be another possible reason why the company wants to take things slow, who knows.

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