Microsoft has launched a revamped version of Windows Copilot developed entirely natively for Windows 10 and 11. The downside is that Copilot now consumes up to 1 GB of RAM.
Microsoft has a Christmas present for Windows 10 and 11 users. The revamped Windows Copilot app is now available in the Microsoft online store. Microsoft released a test build for Windows Insiders a fortnight ago and is now rolling out the app to the general public.
The new Windows Copilot introduces a quick view window, accessible by the Alt + Space key combination. The Copilot button can perform the same function. In the quick view, you can chat with Copilot without having to open the app. The icon in the upper left corner takes you to the full version.
Same but different
According to Microsoft, the biggest change was made behind the scenes. Windows Copilot no longer works as a progressive web application (PWA) of Microsoft Edge, but as a native application for Windows. Copilot has an icon in the taskbar, to the right of it.
Windows Latest questions the claim that Copilot is a “native” application. The app is still largely web-based as it loads copilot.microsoft.com into a Microsoft Edge-based WebView. The application shell is developed with WinAppSDK and WinUI. The PWA version of Copilot has been replaced by a native Windows container containing a WebView.
Hungry for RAM
In practice, this doesn't change much about how Windows Copilot works, although Windows Latest seems to have discovered a drawback to this new way of working. The AI assistant needs more RAM than its predecessor because a new instance of Edge WebView must be run when Copilot starts. Windows Latest measures average RAM consumption between 500 and 600 MB, with peaks of up to 1 GB.
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Microsoft launched Copilot for Windows in fall 2023 and the app has undergone several transformations since then. The first two versions were entirely web-based and a near-exact copy of Bing Chat and ChatGPT. Little by little, Windows Copilot acquired its own identity and gradually detached itself from Edge. Rather unexpectedly, Windows Copilot has also made the jump to Windows 10.
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