Microsoft is taking a leap forward in the realm of AI-powered productivity with the launch of Copilot Pro. Initially introduced for businesses, this $20 monthly subscription now extends its innovative features to consumers. For existing Microsoft 365 Personal or Home subscribers, an additional $20 per month grants immediate access to Copilot on Mac, Windows, and iPad, revolutionizing the Office experience.
Copilot Pro empowers users with the ability to generate entire PowerPoint slide decks through a chatbot-like prompt and introduces inline Copilot experiences in Word, facilitating paragraph rephrasing, text generation, and document summarization. Outlook.com users can leverage Copilot to respond to emails or generate new ones, while a preview version in Excel provides tools for data analysis and graph generation.
While most features from the business version are available to consumers, summoning Copilot to generate a PowerPoint deck based on a Word document is currently exclusive to the business version due to technical differences. Beyond Office integration, Copilot Pro offers access to the latest OpenAI models and allows users to build their own Copilot GPT.
Designed for Copilot power users, the subscription caters to those seeking rapid access to the latest models, enhanced performance, and creative tools. Microsoft emphasizes the integration of Copilot Pro features on the web, Windows or Mac apps, and mobile platforms, with more enhancements on the horizon. For businesses, Microsoft is opening up Copilot for Microsoft 365 with a $30 per user, per month subscription, eliminating the previous 300-seat minimum requirement. The evolution of Copilot continues, promising a premium value for users seeking the forefront of AI innovation in their Office applications.
