The Windows team has returned from the holidays and has immediately shown its urgency by releasing two new test builds, one to the Dev Channel and one to the Canary Channel. Both of these builds include an interesting code change that allows the Copilot utility to appear in more areas of Windows, including the File Explorer context menu—one of the most-interacted locations in the operating system.
For now, Windows 11 users can access Copilot by clicking its icon on the taskbar. This icon may soon be moved by Microsoft to the lower-right corner of the screen, replacing the familiar "Show desktop" button. However, future Windows 11 builds may offer the ability to integrate Copilot for specific tasks or file-related activities on the system.
Of course, at this point, that's just speculation based on the code and feature ID found deep inside build 26016 by a tech blogger with the handle @PhantomOfEarth:
CopilotFEContextMenu: 45647150
You can try enabling this ID using the ViVeTool app, but it’s unlikely to yield any significant results at this point. So all we have to do is wait for Microsoft to release new previews and share more details about how it plans to improve Copilot integration in Windows 11. Overall, the current implementation of Copilot doesn’t do much to help you use your computer, far from what you might want an actual AI-powered assistant to do. But things will definitely improve over time.
The code changes found by @PhantomOfEarth align with recent reports that Microsoft will add more AI features to its next-generation Windows release, expected to launch in the second half of 2024.
2023 sees Microsoft betting big on artificial intelligence and its partnership with OpenAI to make Copilot a reality, so it’s no surprise that the company is ready to integrate and promote Copilot everywhere. In 2024, Microsoft is expected to push even further with the release of the next-generation version of Windows and upcoming new Surface devices, which also promise to focus heavily on AI-powered experiences.
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