Microsoft has data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/10/16/making-every-windows-11-pc-an-ai-pc/” data-url=”https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2025/10/16/making-every-windows-11-pc-an-ai-pc/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>announced a major update coming soon to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ data-url=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”/windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows/windows-11″>Windows 11 that will replace the Windows Search box on the Taskbar with a Copilot chat box. The company describes the move one that’s designed “to make the taskbar a dynamic hub that helps you accomplish more with less effort, transforming everyday interactions into moments of productivity and delight.”
For now, the new Copilot integration in the Taskbar search box will be an opt-in experience, and when enabled will replace the Windows Search pane…
