At its own developer conference Ignite this week, Microsoft particularly highlighted the advantages of artificial intelligence and the AI assistant Copilot and ushered in the “Epoch of Copilot”. More and more Microsoft products and services are being equipped with Copilot. This also includes Windows 10, which has actually already been shelved. The AI assistant will also be available for the actually outdated operating system in the next few months.
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If Copilot is available for Windows 10, then, as with Windows 11, it will initially only be in an “early form”. The “Copilot with Bing Chat” is currently declared as a “preview” in the current operating system. When the Copilot is called up, it appears on the right side of the desktop and should not cover any content or open windows. With Windows 11, other windows are simply pushed to the left, so that the space on the desktop is reduced accordingly.
AI assistant not for all Windows 10 systems
Copilot is not yet available for Windows 10 according to Microsoft’s own Windows blog but will appear soon. Insider program participants using Windows 10 version 22H2 (Home or Pro) can update to build 19045.3754 (KB5032278) released yesterday and enable automatic Windows updates to get the AI Assistant as soon as it is rolled out. This will happen over the next few months and varies by region and system.
There are also restrictions. The Windows 10 system should have at least 4 GB of main memory and a monitor with a resolution of at least 720p. In addition, the copilot is not automatically distributed across systems administered by organizations. Enterprise and education versions of Windows 10 will not initially be equipped with the AI assistant. That could happen later.
Copilot feedback leads to Microsoft’s rethinking, but 2025 will be over
Microsoft justifies the introduction of the AI assistant for Windows 10 in the positive feedback that Copilot, which has been available to the first users for eight months, has received so far. According to a work trend index from Microsoft, they have recorded enormous increases in productivity since then. 70 percent of Copilot users said they had become more productive. 68 percent even said that the quality of their work had improved and their creative processes had accelerated. Overall, according to Microsoft research, three out of four users say that they no longer want to be without Copilot.
Microsoft has therefore reconsidered its approach to Windows 10 and wants to invest additionally in the older operating system in order to further distribute Copilot Group writes. However, it remains the case that official support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025. On this day, Microsoft plans to release the last security updates for this operating system version.
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