Microsoft Just Reinvented Copilot: Here’s What Changed on September 25, 2026
Microsoft Copilot is about to become much more than an AI chatbot. On September 25, 2026, Microsoft announced a major redesign of Copilot, bringing together AI chat, Office, app creation and autonomous AI agents in one experience. The announcement introduces three major parts: Home, Code and Autopilot . And the idea behind them is simple: instead of only asking Copilot questions, users will increasingly be able to give it work to do . Copilot Gets a New Home The first major change is simply called Home . It becomes the new starting point for Copilot, bringing different ways of using the AI together in one place. Users can chat with Copilot as before, but they can also use Cowork to delegate more complicated jobs. Instead of saying: "Summarize these documents." You could give Copilot a bigger objective and let it work through the different steps. Microsoft gives examples such as preparing an RFP response, creating a launch package, preparing a customer briefing or putting tog...