Microsoft
is
planning
to
allow
Windows
11
users
to
customize
the
Copilot
key
that
has
started
shipping
on
new
laptops
and
keyboards.
The
Copilot
key
is
configured
as
default
to
launch
Microsoft’s
Copilot
app
on
Windows
11,
but
the
company
is
now
testing
the
ability
to
use
it
to
launch
other
apps
instead.
A
new
beta
build
of
Windows
11
includes
the
customization
changes,
available
for
testers
today.
“You
can
choose
to
have
the
Copilot
key
launch
an
app
that
is
MSIX
packaged
and
signed,
thus
indicating
the
app
meets
security
and
privacy
requirements
to
keep
customers
safe,”
explains
the
Windows
Insider
team
in
a
blog
post.
“The
key
will
continue
to
launch
Copilot
on
devices
that
have
the
Copilot
app
installed
until
a
customer
selects
a
different
experience.”
The
Copilot
key
customization
in
Windows
11.Image:
Microsoft
The
Copilot
key
is
the
first
big
change
to
Windows
keyboards
in
30
years
and
part
of
a
push
by
Microsoft
to
encourage
Windows
users
to
try
its
AI
assistant.
New
Copilot
Plus
PCs
also
started
shipping
with
the
key
earlier
this
year,
with
Microsoft
actually
making
the
Copilot
experience
less
useful
on
these
new
devices
by
turning
Copilot
into
a
web
app
in
the
latest
24H2
update
to
Windows
11.
This
web
app
version
of
Copilot
no
longer
integrates
into
the
Windows
11
settings,
so
you
can’t
use
the
AI
assistant
to
control
whether
you
have
dark
mode
enabled
or
a
variety
of
other
settings.
It’s
still
not
clear
how
Microsoft
intends
to
evolve
the
Copilot
experience
in
Windows,
nor
whether
the
company
will
turn
its
Copilot
key
into
something
that
could
be
used
more
like
the
Windows
key
to
launch
shortcuts.
Given
the
customization
for
the
Copilot
key
is
available
to
beta
testers
of
Windows
11
today,
I
would
expect
we’ll
see
this
available
for
all
Windows
11
users
in
the
coming
months.
Original author: Tom Warren
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