Microsoft is finally letting you remap the Copilot key nobody asked for
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Microsoft is finally letting you remap the Copilot key nobody asked for
In a recently updated support page, Microsoft has confirmed what keyboard enthusiasts have known for years: the Copilot key – a dedicated button for quickly launching Windows' native chatbot – is one of the least successful "innovations" in modern keyboard design. Redmond is now effectively admitting as much, offering Windows...Read Entire Article
Windows' hated Copilot key can soon be changed
A couple of years ago, the first big change in 30 years occurred on PC keyboards. At the beginning of 2024, Microsoft mandated device manufacturers to add to the right side of the keyboard's spacebar a separate Copilot key. As the name suggests, the key automatically opens the Copilot AI assistant in Windows and most Microsoft applications. The key has been a quite universally hated change, because especially on laptops, manufacturers completely…
If at least this key had been made with a mini oled screen it would have been an advance but there it's only one more logo (in addition to the windows key) and a feature written hard... At this level as much keep the control key and redirect it using powertoys or then autohotkey.
Microsoft has announced that an upcoming Windows 11 update will bring a new option for the Copilot key. After the change, users will be able to change the Copilot key again as the right Ctrl key or as the context menu key. This is exactly what was there before the big AI hype broke out with Microsoft 2024. In a support document, Microsoft acknowledged that "Customers who are dependent on the right Ctrl key or the context menu key for keyboard sh…
Between forced changes and accessibility issues, Windows 11 users have voiced their dissatisfaction with the Copilot key.
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