By Hassam Nasir
Publication Date: 2026-09-26 16:35:00
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella calls the updated Copilot a ‘new OS for work,’ even though it just looks like any other application for now.
TL;DR: Microsoft’s redesigned Copilot combines chat and Office tools in Home, adds a natural-language app builder called Code, and introduces the persistent Autopilot agent. Home and Code are rolling out to Frontier users, while Autopilot is headed for private preview. Despite Satya Nadella’s “new OS for work” framing, Copilot currently remains an app, with separate pricing for everyday and intensive agent use.
Microsoft has revealed its biggest overhaul of Copilot yet, and CEO Satya Nadella is framing it as something bigger than an assistant. In a post on X, Nadella said the company is building Copilot as a new OS for work that spans every model, every form factor, and every task.
The rebuilt app splits into three main pieces: Home, which merges the existing Chat and Cowork experiences and folds in full Word, Excel, and PowerPoint support; Code, a…
