Microsoft wants to let you share app windows with Copilot right from the Windows 11 taskbar

Microsoft wants to let you share app windows with Copilot right from the Windows 11 taskbar

By Mayank Parmar
Publication Date: 2026-01-02 22:01:00

If you hover over apps on the Windows 11 taskbar, you can now share your app’s window with Copilot and start asking questions, such as how to reply to an email if you are in Outlook. As silly as that might sound, this is the whole point of Copilot Vision.

I spotted the “Share with Copilot” feature on my Intel Lunar Lake Copilot+ PC, but it’s rolling out to everyone, and does not require one of these “AI” PCs. This means, if you have non-AI PCs, including AMD or Intel, you are still going to see “Share with Copilot” on your taskbar, and that makes sense (more on that later).

“Share with Copilot” is rolling out with Windows 11 KB5072033 (Build 26200.7462 / 26100.7462 or newer), and it’s turned on by default, but I found a way to turn it off if you hate the idea (and you should).

How does “Share with Copilot” on the taskbar work?

In our tests, Windows Latest observed that “Share with Copilot” shows up when I hover over open apps…