Microsoft begins merging its consumer and commercial Copilot apps into a single app, with a mobile and web rollout in mid-August and desktop in mid-September
THE SO WHAT
Collapsing consumer and business Copilot into one app is a distribution play—Microsoft wants a single assistant surface across identities and devices ahead of any "super app" move. If you're building on Copilot or competing with it, assume identity, policy, and data separation will be handled in-app, not via separate products.
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