Microsoft is revamping Copilot to make it faster, simpler, and more aligned with customer needs. New leadership roles include Jon Friedman as chief design officer for Microsoft 365 and Jacob Andreou as EVP of Copilot, merging business and consumer Copilot teams. The redesign reduces clutter by starting from a blank page and adding only commonly used features. The prompt box expands as needed and supports richer formatting for detailed instructions. Responses appear above the prompt field, and options for refining requests use progressive disclosure so relevant controls appear only when needed. Microsoft reports the streamlined app loads more than twice as fast, and productivity apps like Word and PowerPoint will adapt suggested prompts to the user’s current activity.
"How we move forward is to bend the speed of technology to the speed and need of humanity,"
"Earlier versions of Copilot could feel cluttered, crowded with links and buttons pointing users toward a wide range of use cases. The redesigned experience pares that back considerably. Designers began with the prompt box itself, then layered in only the features users most commonly need, including options to start a new chat, revisit prior conversations, choose an AI model, or monitor long-running AI tasks."
"We literally started with a blank page for both mobile and big screen, and then we layered up the experience one step at a time,"
"As users interact with Copilot, responses will generally appear above the prompt field. The prompt box itself now expands as needed and includes richer formatting options, making it easier to submit more detailed instructions. Features to refine requests, like specifying parameters for a generated image, will surface only when relevant through a design approach known as progressive disclosure."
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