Microsoft's new animated avatar, Mico, arrives as the face of Copilot — a deliberately friendly, emoji-like companion that Microsoft says is designed to be useful without being obtrusive, a modern answer to the mixed legacy of Clippy and a direct test of whether personality can make AI...
Microsoft’s Copilot now has a face — an animated, blob‑like avatar named Mico — and with it Microsoft is making a deliberate bet that personality can make voice and tutoring interactions feel more natural without repeating the mistakes of the past. The new Mico avatar, introduced as part of...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot refresh puts a deliberately playful — and strategically cautious — face on its AI assistant: an animated avatar called Mico that Microsoft positions as an optional, non‑human visual companion for voice interactions while pairing it with long‑term memory, group chat...
Microsoft has given Copilot a visible personality: an animated, customizable avatar named Mico that listens, emotes, and — if you poke it enough — briefly transforms into the legendary paperclip, Clippy.
Background / Overview
Microsoft introduced Mico at its Fall Copilot Sessions event...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot refresh puts a deliberately playful face on Windows 11 AI: an animated avatar called Mico that appears in Copilot’s voice mode, changes color and shape to signal listening or thinking, and is explicitly designed as an optional, friendlier way to make voice-first...
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Microsoft’s new Copilot avatar, Mico, is Microsoft’s most visible attempt to put a friendly, animated face on AI while explicitly trying to avoid the interruption, annoyance and brand damage that Clippy famously caused decades ago.
Background / Overview
Microsoft introduced Mico as part of a...
Microsoft’s Copilot has been given a face — a playful, non‑photoreal avatar named Mico — and with it a broader strategy to make AI feel more social, collaborative, and useful on the PC and mobile devices; the move intentionally leans on nostalgia for Clippy while trying to avoid the design...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot update gives the assistant a visible, animated personality — a floating, blob-like avatar named Mico — and ships it alongside a cluster of new capabilities that push Copilot from a one-off chat utility into a persistent, social, and agentic collaborator across Windows...
Microsoft’s Copilot may be about to get a face — and a voice — as Microsoft teases an ambitious refresh that blends animated avatars, agentic browsing inside Edge, and session-aware “Journeys” that promise to reorganize how tabs and research work; the company’s Copilot-focused livestream on...
Microsoft’s Copilot is quietly experimenting with a new, tutor‑style experience — an experimental Study and Learn mode surfaced in test builds that pairs a specially styled avatar named Mico (sometimes reported as “Miko”) with voice-driven tutoring, a yellow Copilot appearance, and a persistent...