MIcrosoft ditches "Copilot+" branding for "AI PCs"
MIcrosoft ditches "Copilot+" branding for "AI PCs" Rob Beschizza 4:17 pm Sun Sep 27, 2026 So long, Copilot Plus AI PC Microsoft and chip company Qualcomm launched the "Copilot+" PC branding in 2024 for so-called "AI" PCs. They even had a "Copilot" button that you could press to bring up the "AI". Though it at least indicated decent hardware, it was a hamfisted grasp at a vague buzzword and the "AI" features were badly implemented.
- ▪MIcrosoft ditches "Copilot+" branding for "AI PCs" Rob Beschizza 4:17 pm Sun Sep 27, 2026 So long, Copilot Plus AI PC Microsoft and chip company Qualcomm launched the "Copilot+" PC branding in 2024 for so-called "AI" PCs.
- ▪They even had a "Copilot" button that you could press to bring up the "AI".
- ▪Though it at least indicated decent hardware, it was a hamfisted grasp at a vague buzzword and the "AI" features were badly implemented.
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MIcrosoft ditches "Copilot+" branding for "AI PCs" Rob Beschizza 4:17 pm Sun Sep 27, 2026 So long, Copilot Plus AI PC Microsoft and chip company Qualcomm launched the "Copilot+" PC branding in 2024 for so-called "AI" PCs. They even had a "Copilot" button that you could press to bring up the "AI". Though it at least indicated decent hardware, it was a hamfisted grasp at a vague buzzword and the "AI" features were badly implemented. Two years on, the specs are frozen in amber, the AI associations are becoming negative for regular customers, and the "Copilot+ AI PC" era is dead. Windows Central's Zac Bowden reports the branding absent at a trade show last week.
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