- Microsoft’s AI assistant for the game made her debut in Windows 11
- The game co -pilot is in the game bar, but it is only in beta tests for the moment
- Player game owners can worry about performance, but Microsoft says it optimizes the functionality of these devices
As Microsoft has promised earlier this year, Gaming Copilot – AI assistance for players – is now on PCS (after starting previously in smartphones tests in the Xbox mobile application).
Neowin has highlighted Microsoft’s blog article announcing that Gaming Copilot (previously called Copilot for Gaming) is now in the game bar for Windows 11 PC, although the functionality is still in beta.
This means that the Xbox initiates (testers) will get an icon for the game co -pilot in the game bar – simply click to pull the assistant in Windows 11 on your game PC (or perhaps portable).
The AI understands which game you are currently playing and is designed to help you when you are stuck in a game, and to do it transparent – in the superposition of the game bar – without having to go to a web browser window to search for advice and so on.
Microsoft also underlines that for more convenience, there is a vocal mode, so – assuming that you have a microphone – you can speak to Copilot to ask for help. The AI will also use screenshots of the game that run to understand what you are asking, and hopefully, will provide more relevant information and advice.
As indicated, this feature is now available on the game bar, but only for those in the Xbox Insider program – you will also need to make sure that the Xbox application on your PC is updated to the latest version.
Note that Microsoft has only deployed this feature in the United States and certain other countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore. In particular, the United Kingdom and Europe do not yet obtain a gaming co-pilot, which is unusual and probably linked to data regulation.
Analysis: concerns concerning the management of the game on laptops – and more
This seems to be a useful characteristic, despite the cries of “No, no more AI trapped in Windows 11″. I receive this feeling, but in all honesty, if you are not interested – or you worry about private life in one way or another (with the AI “ watching ” your game) – do not use a gaming co -pilot.
As for the usefulness of this AI assistant, I have not tried it personally, but it looks like a treated time saving. There is concern about Windows 11 gaming pocket computers, namely that it will strike performance (and battery life). After all, this is an additional task in play (what is the convenience mentioned) – so how could it affect the image frequencies?
Microsoft recognizes this concern in his blog article and notes that at the moment, the functionality is limited on pocket computers. The company advises: “Although Gaming Copilot (BETA) is also available now so that Xbox initiates can try Windows laptops with limited features, other optimizations are underway for pocket computers while we approach the launch of the Rog Xbox Ally and Rog Xbox Ally X.”
Of course, if you have your smartphone at hand, you can always use a game co -pilot on this second screen – via the Xbox mobile application – and make performance problems (although this is hardly a way of working transparent).
There may also be another potential concern here, and this is linked to the convenience of having clues and pressure assistance in such an easy way. Will the capacities propelled by AI as this one will encourage more laziness in the games, with people who do not take help after having only been stuck for very little time, rather than trying to understand the things themselves?
I suppose that it is a broader and more philosophical concern about the games, and the choice of calling on the help of AI in a transparent way, down a hat, could have more impact than we could imagine in the future. Although the greatest concern is undoubtedly with the AI by winding its useful tentacles in competitive games, and Microsoft already talks about how the Copilot game will offer a “ proactive coaching ” and a “richer game assistance” in general.
