Copilot’s Most Exciting Office Features Will Cost $20 a Month

Microsoft is enhancing its AI offerings with a new subscription service called Copilot Pro, available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. This service allows users to generate full slideshows in PowerPoint with just a few words typed into the chatbot. Initially launched for enterprise accounts as part of Microsoft 365, Copilot Pro is now accessible to all Microsoft 365 and Office customers, but it comes with a subscription fee.

Priced at $20 per month, similar to ChatGPT Plus, Copilot Pro offers priority access and customization through Copilot GPT Builder. This service is compatible with Windows PCs, Macs, and iPads, with support for iPhone and Android devices coming soon. Subscribers can expect faster results and a choice of AI models, including OpenAI’s powerful GPT-4 Turbo. The Copilot GPT Builder allows users to create specialized Copilot GPTs for topics like fitness, cooking, and travel, akin to OpenAI’s GPT Editor for ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers.

Copilot Pro enhances productivity by assisting with emails, documents, and spreadsheets, creating summaries, writing responses, and analyzing data. This integration eliminates the need to copy and paste text between apps and an AI, saving time and potentially increasing usage. Additionally, Copilot Pro includes advanced AI image creation based on Dall-E 3, offering up to 100 boosts for quicker, more detailed images, and an option for landscape format.

While Copilot remains free on Windows, offering core protections and values of Microsoft’s AI, Copilot Pro provides extra speed, ease of use, and flexibility. Copilot’s built-in web grounding ensures responses are relevant and useful, and commercial data protection prevents the use of your data for training and doesn’t save prompts. Microsoft Copilot, formerly known as Bing Chat, and Bing Image Creator, now called Microsoft Designer, continue to evolve. Microsoft is even adding a custom Copilot key to Windows keyboards.

For those seeking enhanced features and willing to pay the $20 monthly fee, Copilot Pro is available for subscription at Microsoft’s online store.