Less than a Year on, Microsoft Tells Mico to Pipe Down
Microsoft says the avatar will have more to react to on Learn Live as it merges Copilot apps and reshapes its AI leadership.
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Less than a year on, Microsoft tells Mico to pipe down
Microsoft has yanked Mico from the Copilot spotlight less than a year after unveiling the anthropomorphic assistant intended to make its AI a little less soulless. As part of Microsoft's announcement that its consumer and work Copilot applications will merge, the company confirmed that the weird blob thing would shuffle out of Copilot Voice and into Learn Live, a voice-based study mode that guides users through subjects and assignments. "Mico he…
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Mico is headed to Learn Live. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have "more to react to," as reported earlier by GeekWire. Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last October, with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman pitching the avatar as a way to gi…
Just last year, characters like Clippy (also known as Karl Klammer) experienced a kind of renaissance at Microsoft, specifically within the framework of Microsoft Copilot Voice... Read the article: Microsoft Copilot: Clippy character Mico retired Where you can follow us: Facebook, Reddit, Google News, X, Threads Want to stay up to date? Add us to your favorite sources on Google!
The company is simultaneously cutting functionality in the consumer version of Copilot, eliminating five features at once. On August 18th, Group Chat, Podcasts, Copilot Labs, and the Deep Research tool for individuals will cease operations, and Mico will no longer support voice chat. This character, which debuted in the fall of 2025 as part of a major Copilot update, will now take over the role of a virtual mentor on the Learn platform... The po…
Mico will not have long incarnated Copilot's face. Less than a year after introducing his animated little character into voice conversations, Microsoft announces his progressive withdrawal from Copilot Voice. However, the assistant does not disappear completely since he joins Learn Live, the space devoted to learning and tutoring. ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app f…
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