web3: Microsoft merges two Copilot applications and discontinues some AI features
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Microsoft integrates consumer and enterprise versions Copilot, and discontinues some AI features, continuing to shrink and simplify its product line.
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微软正在调整 Copilot 产品线,把面向消费者的 Copilot 应用与偏企业办公场景的 Microsoft 365 Copilot 合并。与此同时,一批使用效果不佳或定位重复的 AI 功能也将被下线,显示这家公司正试图简化其 AI 产品布局。

8月18日前下线多项功能

根据微软支持文件,消费者用户将在 2026 年 8 月 18 日前失去多项功能,包括 Group Chats、Copilot 中的 AI 生成播客、Copilot Labs 试验功能以及 Deep Research。对于付费的专业用户,Deep Research 的替代方案将由 Researcher 提供。

微软还将移除 Copilot 的动画角色 M代币发行。这个悬浮式虚拟形象此前被视为 Copilot 的一部分,但并未成为产品亮点。微软同时提醒,在应用合并过渡期间,部分功能可能会暂时不可用。

文件将迁移至OneDrive

在这次整合中,独立 Copilot 应用生成的文件将迁移到 OneDrive。微软称,调整目标是让 Copilot 的使用体验更简单,也更统一。这意味着原本分散在不同入口和不同定位下的功能,将被重新收拢到一个产品体系中。

从产品逻辑看,微软实际上是在承认个人与工作场景中的 AI 使用边界并不清晰。此前将消费者版和企业版 Copilot 分开推进,增加了产品理解和使用门槛,也削弱了它与 ChatGPT、Claude 和 Gemini 竞争时的清晰度。

AI应用进入整合阶段

微软这次收缩并非孤立事件。近期,多家 AI 公司都在把原本分散的功能重新并入主应用。Anthropic 已将 Cowork 并入 Claude Chat,OpenAI 也把 Operator 融入 ChatGPT,谷歌则持续把更多专门能力加入 Gemini 应用。

这类调整反映出 AI 产品竞争正在从“功能堆叠”转向“统一入口”。对于平台来说,保留用户真正会持续使用的能力,比不断扩展实验性功能更重要。

今年 7 月,The Information 报道称,负责 Copilot 的微软高管 Jacob Andreou 曾在内部备忘录中表示,这款应用需要先证明自己“有存在的必要”。从这次合并和下线动作看,微软正在用更直接的方式收缩战线,重新定义 Copilot 的定位。

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