Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Copilot to the Windows Game Bar

Microsoft started investigating its Xbox Copilot connected iOS and Android earlier this year, and present it’s bringing the chatbot to the Game Bar diagnostic connected Windows 11. Xbox Insiders tin commencement investigating a preview of the Gaming Copilot integration successful the Game Bar today, and Microsoft is readying “further optimizations” for this caller diagnostic connected the upcoming Xbox Ally handhelds.

“Gaming Copilot knows what you’re playing and understands your Xbox enactment to supply an acquisition centered astir you,” says Taylor O’Malley, main programme manager astatine Xbox. You’ll beryllium capable to inquire the Copilot for assistance with the crippled you’re playing, arsenic good arsenic entree achievements and play history. The Gaming Copilot volition beryllium disposable arsenic a widget wrong the Game Bar, and it includes a dependable mode truthful you tin speech to the AI adjunct without having to alt + tab retired of a game.

The Gaming Copilot volition adjacent usage screenshots of your crippled to assistance reply questions astir it, without you having to picture things successful detail. That could beryllium arsenic elemental arsenic asking “what americium I looking at?” portion facing a brag successful a game, and Copilot should respond with details astir the brag and possibly adjacent methods to instrumentality it down.

This is the archetypal measurement successful Microsoft’s imaginativeness to crook its Xbox Copilot into an AI gaming coach. Microsoft is positioning the Gaming Copilot arsenic a sidekick, 1 that volition travel you done games and connection tips and accusation astir crippled worlds. Microsoft has antecedently demonstrated utilizing the Gaming Copilot with Overwatch 2, letting it urge bully leader picks to complement the remainder of the team.

This aboriginal preview is lone disposable successful English and constricted to the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, and a fewer different regions. Microsoft isn’t making it disposable successful the UK oregon immoderate different European markets yet. It’s readying to merchandise the Gaming Copilot successful further regions astatine a aboriginal date, but it’s not wide yet erstwhile precisely that volition happen.