Ask Copilot might be the next evolution of Windows Search, though Microsoft isn’t calling it a replacement yet. It is basically Windows Search + Copilot.

When you type anything into Ask Copilot, Windows uses the same APIs that power traditional Windows Search to surface local apps, files, and system settings. Simultaneously, Copilot adds semantic understanding and should, hopefully, interpret what you intend to do.

But this is just the tip as Microsoft intends users to access Copilot Vision and Copilot Voice straight from the taskbar. The Ask Copilot bar sits in place of the Windows Search, and has a button each for Copilot Vision and Voice.

Clicking the Copilot Vision button supposedly opens the feature and asks you to share the screen with Copilot. Clicking Copilot Voice would activate voice, just as if you said “Hey Copilot” out loud.

Yes, both these features exist outside of the taskbar and in the Copilot app. Ask Copilot is about Microsoft wanting you to think about Copilot the moment you are about to start a new task, and what better place to put it than the taskbar!

Like Windows Search, Ask Copilot is able to search for files, apps, and settings. From my testing, there wasn’t any noticeable speed difference when comparing both. However, Ask Copilot with a cleaner UI makes using it better than regular Windows Search.

Since Copilot search uses Windows’s existing Search indexing system, courtesy of the SearchIndexer service, which monitors file system changes and maintains a local database of searchable content, Copilot itself cannot access the files that you search and open.

System settings also work like in Windows Search. When you ask to change any setting in natural language, an Ask Copilot tag shows under the text you type. But if you click on it, you’ll be taken straight to the Copilot app.

And for the settings that it recognizes, like turning on dark mode, it doesn’t execute the command; it just opens the corresponding settings, just like Windows Search.

Of course, the feature is still under testing, and this may be something that Microsoft is working on.

The feature in Microsoft’s announcement about bringing Copilot to taskbar, is the addition of Copilot Vision and Voice. Microsoft expects users to talk to their PC directly from the taskbar.

There is no word on when the feature will roll out to the general public. And as of writing, Ask Copilot is only available to insiders in the Beta and Dev channels.

Once the feature reaches everyone, and if most people try it out, the amount of compute that Microsoft needs to complete user queries will be massive.

The optional feature is gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev & Beta Channels who have updated to Preview Build 26220.7051 (KB5067115).

By default, Ask Copilot will be turned off. To turn it on, you need to go to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Ask Copilot. Turning on the toggle will immediately change the Windows Search to Ask Copilot. You can, of course, go back to regular Windows Search by turning off the toggle.

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