Microsoft recently announced that it has begun rolling out Copilot to more devices running on Windows 10 and 11. While everyone expected Microsoft to only roll out access to Copilot on more Windows devices, the company also rolled out the Copilot app.
Deskmodder and Reddit user (moccatune) discovered the Microsoft Copilot app in the Settings app. You can check if it’s available on your device as well by opening the Settings app and navigating to Apps > Installed apps. Then, type Microsoft Copilot in the search bar.
However, there isn’t much you can do with the app yet. While moccatune was getting the option to uninstall the app, the option was grayed out for us.
Clicking on Advanced options shows the app version, which is 1.0.7.0 as of this writing. Additionally, the Reset, Repair, and Terminate options are also available.
This app relates to the upcoming expansion of third-party chat provider options for Windows Copilot in the European Economic Area (EEA). You can currently manage settings for this feature in Insider builds using a toggle for it that appears in your Settings page.
According to Deskmodder, the app currently doesn’t have any functionality, but it does have some associated files, like app icons. Additionally, Deskmodder discovered an interesting entry in the AppManifest.xml file.
Within AppManifest.xml, there are two entries under TargetDeviceFamily Name — MinVersion and MaxVersionTested. MinVersion specifies the minimum Windows version required for the app to function, while MaxVersionTested indicates the highest Windows version the app has been tested on.
If an app’s minimum Windows version requirement is Windows 10, then the MinVersion data would be something like 10.0.19041. And, if the maximum Windows version on which that particular app has been tested is Windows 11 (as Windows 11 is the latest Windows OS), then MaxVersionTested would be 10.0.22000.
Interestingly, the Microsoft Copilot app shows 12.0.0.0 for MaxVersionTested. This is likely a placeholder for the upcoming release of Windows 11. There’s not much we can say about this with certainty as there is not enough information available as of now.
Anyways, what are your thoughts on why Microsoft has pushed this app on Windows? Feel free to share your thoughts in comments.
Thanks Deckmodder and Ghacks for the discovery.
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I’m running Windows 10 Pro, and although the Copilot app is listed in Settings/Apps/Apps & Features, the app is inaccessible otherwise. I can use it in Edge, but not otherwise.