Microsoft has removed the Mico avatar, a yellow emotive character, from Copilot's voice mode. Mico will be relocated to the Learn Live platform where it can have more interactive responses.
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Microsoft retires Mico avatar from Copilot voice mode
Microsoft has removed the Mico avatar, a yellow emotive character, from Copilot's voice mode. Mico will be relocated to the Learn Live platform where it can have more interactive responses.
Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob, Mico, when you use the chatbot's voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it's going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have "more to react to," as reported earlier by GeekWire. Mico launched in Copilot's voice mode last […]
This change reflects Microsoft's evolving approach to user interaction in AI tools, focusing on more context-rich environments for avatars. It may influence how users experience AI assistants in productivity software.
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