Microsoft suggests Copilot is the 'button you can press to fix everything' in Windows 11 — here's hoping it can fix the company's marketing department
THE SO WHAT
Positioning Copilot as the “fix everything” button is less about hype and more about training users to treat the OS as an AI-first surface. If you ship Windows software, assume your UX will increasingly be mediated by Copilot entry points rather than your own menus and adjust discovery and support flows now.
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