Copilot Vision Is Now Available to All s Within the Microsoft Edge Browser 1a5l2v Technology News

Copilot Vision in Microsoft Edge browser is an opt-in feature, and it will not be turned on by default. 4837w

Written by Manas Mitul | Updated: 21 April 2025 17:45 IST

Copilot Vision Is Now Available to All s Within the Microsoft Edge Browser

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Microsoft says prompts, web page content, or images from Copilot Vision are not stored

Highlights

Microsoft first unveiled Copilot Vision in December 2024
Earlier, it was only available to Copilot Pro subscribers
Copilot Vision s voice-based interaction

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Microsoft announced the rollout of Copilot Vision to all s in the Microsoft Edge browser last week. The computer vision-enabled artificial intelligence (AI) feature was first unveiled by the company in December 2024, and so far, it has only been available to Copilot Pro subscribers. The Redmond-based tech giant is now expanding the AI feature to all Edge browser s. With Copilot Vision, the AI chatbot can see the content of web pages and assist the in navigating through various tasks.

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In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the CEO of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, announced the expansion of Copilot Vision to all s irrespective of whether they are a paid subscriber of Copilot or not. “It'll think out loud with you when you're browsing online. No more over-explaining, copy-pasting, or struggling to put something into words,” Suleyman said.

Essentially, Copilot Vision is a real-time computer vision feature, similar to Gemini Live's screen sharing capability. The AI chatbot can see the web pages and all the content in the Edge browser, and process that information as well as the 's prompt in real time. The feature s voice mode, and s can simply speak what they want instead of typing it.

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Microsoft has made Copilot Vision an opt-in feature, as some s may have concerns about their privacy and data security. To opt in, s can open this link in the Edge browser and follow the instructions. Once activated, the s can tap the microphone icon in the Copilot sidebar to activate Vision mode. Copilot Vision will show a floating bar with a text field and a microphone button.

Suleyman said Copilot Vision can help s in a variety of ways. It can read multiple reviews and summarise them for the . It can describe visually confusing objects, for example, it can tell s if a couch they see on a shopping website is “roll arm” or “midcentury modern”. It can also help s in shopping by finding the right products based on natural language descriptions.

At the time of launch, Microsoft had said that even after opting in, s will have full control over when to turn it on and when not to. Copilot Vision cannot see the 's screen when it is deactivated. Additionally, the company claims that any conversation data, including prompts and images and content from web pages will all be deleted at the end of each session. However, Copilot's responses are logged and used to improve the company's safety systems.

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