Microsoft’s Copilot gets a simpler voice chat shortcut

From PC World: Want to talk with Copilot? If you do, Microsoft is testing an intuitive little tweak to allow you to do so.

On March 10, Microsoft launched a new shortcut that is rolling out as part of the Copilot app on Windows: a “long press” combination of Alt+SPACE as a press-to-talk shortcut to open the Copilot app. But who would remember that?

Now, Microsoft is testing a smarter alternative as part of the Windows Insider Beta Channel, launching a “press-to-talk” voice chat by holding down the Copilot key for two seconds instead. Of course, right? It’s a much more obvious way of interacting with Copilot, period. To end the conversation, all you need to do is press the Esc key or simply wait to end the conversation, which will turn off after several seconds.

You should see this roll out via an update to the Copilot app soon, via Copilot version 1.25033.139.0 and higher.

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