Microsoft’s new Copilot app puts everything in one place – but the price is ‘evolving’ – ZDNET

ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Microsoft now has a single Copilot client for consumers and business.
• Today’s new Copilot client release adds Code and Autopilot tabs.
• The cost model is “evolving,” with usage-based billing for key features.

For the past few years, Microsoft’s Copilot client lineup has been a fragmented mess, with its consumer chatbot and its enterprise-focused AI tools sharing a brand name while sporting wildly different interfaces and feature sets.

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Last month, the company began rolling out a single app designed to serve both groups, starting with mobile platforms and now targeting desktop environments. Starting today, that unified app, called simply Copilot, is getting a major upgrade.

Make no mistake: the new Copilot was engineered for Microsoft’s enterprise customers, not for consumers. Its feature set is geared for organizations that are…