After Clippy, Microsoft launches an interactive and animated mascot for Copilot

Microsoft clearly has a soft spot for mascots. Everyone remembers Clippy, the somewhat annoying animated paper clip that tried to make life easier for Office users. There was also Rover the dog, Peedy the parrot, and of course Cortana, the assistant based on a character from Halo.

Humanizing Copilot

After all these somewhat failed attempts, it's almost surprising to see that Microsoft has taken so long to launch a mascot for Copilot! Named "Copilot Appearance" — a not very evocative name, as one must admit —, this character looks like a water droplet or a blob that animates and takes on different shapes during the conversation.

This "experience" resembling an animated character is a new visual way to interact with Copilot, "optimized by real-time expressions, voice, and conversational memory," explains the publisher.

Copilot Appearance allows you to converse, brainstorm, and get advice by simply talking to it (it is only available in the vocal mode). In other words, it's about giving Copilot an appearance and a personality, which isn't a bad idea in itself. It remains to be seen whether the blob won't quickly annoy users like its predecessors from Microsoft!

The character is currently only available to a handful of Copilot users in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

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Source : Microsoft