LLM/AI Changelog

Real-time voice interactions with Audio Overview
[Web]
Today, audio overview help you absorb content on the go, but they're one-way—listeners can't clarify or explore without stopping. With real time voice interactions, you can ask questions verbally while listening and get answers instantly - all while staying in the audio experience.
Roadmap ID:
523206
Details:
What changed:
Audio Overview in Word now supports real-time voice interactions, allowing listeners to ask questions and receive immediate answers without pausing or switching apps. Previously, audio summaries were one-way experiences requiring manual searches to explore content further. This update maintains continuous listening while enabling dynamic, conversational engagement.
Why:
This change removes interruptions caused by pausing and searching, helping users understand content faster and stay focused on the discussion. It transforms passive listening into an interactive experience that supports deeper comprehension.
Try this:
Open a Word document in Web and generate an audio overview summary.
While listening, unmute and ask a question related to the content.
Hear instant answers without stopping the audio playback.
Why this matters:
Users can explore and clarify information naturally during audio playback, improving comprehension without breaking their flow.
Business impact:
Teams benefit from more efficient knowledge sharing and faster understanding of document content during meetings or commutes.
Personal impact:
You save time by getting answers instantly while listening, reducing the need to pause and manually search for information.

Share agents to Teams
[Web]
This feature simplifies agent distribution and increases team awareness, improving collaboration efficiency.
Roadmap ID:
557947
Details:
What changed:
Users can now search for and select Microsoft Teams teams in the agent sharing dialog box to share their Copilot agents. When sharing, users can send a notification to the team's main channel to inform members and provide an easy installation link. Previously, sharing agents required manual communication outside Teams.
Why:
Sharing agents directly in Teams streamlines collaboration and accelerates agent adoption by reducing communication friction.
Try this:
Open the agent sharing dialog in Copilot Studio.
Search for and select a Microsoft Teams team.
Send a notification to the team's main channel to share the agent.
Why this matters:
Broader data access allows Copilot Chat to provide more accurate and context-aware assistance in Outlook.
Business impact:
Teams can onboard Copilot agents faster and ensure all members are informed and equipped to use them.
Personal impact:
You save time sharing agents and reduce the need for separate communications to notify team members.

- **Gemini Omni Flash in public preview** : Released `gemini-omni-flash-preview`,
a high-performance multimodal model designed for high-speed video generation
and conversational video editing. Using the [Interactions API](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/interactions-overview),
you can generate 3--10 second videos at 720p from text descriptions or animate still images,
and then conversationally edit and refine the outputs. To get started, see the
[Gemini Omni Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/omni) guide and the
[Gemini Omni Flash](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-omni-flash) model card.

- Released `gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image` (Nano Banana Lite) to general
availability (GA), our built-in multimodal model optimized for ultra-low
latency and cost-effective image generation and editing. See the [Gemini 3.1
Flash Lite Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) model
card and the [Image generation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation) guide.

The personal finance experience in ChatGPT is rolling out to Plus users in the U.S. on web and iOS. It is also now available on Android for Pro and Plus users in the U.S.Eligible users can securely connect supported financial accounts, view a dashboard of their finances, and ask ChatGPT questions grounded in their financial context

We’re rolling out a new speech-to-text model for dictation in ChatGPT across all plans. This is a behind-the-scenes update, so there are no changes to how you use dictation.The update improves transcription accuracy across languages and accents, including when multilingual speakers mix or switch between languages. Evaluations showed gains in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Urdu, Vietnamese, accented English, and long-form Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.Dictation is also more robust in noisy public spaces and workplace environments, with quiet or whispered speech, and when transcribing combinations of letters and numbers.In our ChatGPT dictation evaluations, word error rate—a standard measure of transcription accuracy—was at least 10% lower for top languages tested than with the previous production model.

Codex Remote is now generally available on all ChatGPT plans. From the ChatGPT mobile app, users can start or continue work on a connected Mac or Windows host, review progress, and approve actions from their phone. Remote Control now uses authenticated one-to-one QR pairing between each supported mobile device and each host. Connections used since June 8 remain paired; older inactive connections need to pair again. Signing out turns off Remote Control without removing existing pairings.The newDigitalOcean Droplet Workspace pluginlets Codex provision a DigitalOcean Droplet, configure SSH access, and connect it to the Codex app as a remote workspace. Users should update the ChatGPT mobile app and Codex app to the latest versions before connecting.Learn more about using Codex with a ChatGPT plan.

- **Computer Use** : Launched public preview support for the [Computer Use](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/computer-use) tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash. This release includes simplified actions with intents, built-in support for browser, mobile, and desktop environments, configurable safety policies, and advanced prompt injection detection.

Starting today forChatGPT Free and Gousers, long pastes are handled differently in ChatGPT.If you pastemore than 10k charactersinto the composer, ChatGPT will automatically convert the content into anattachmentinstead of inserting it directly into the text field. This keeps the composer cleaner and helps prevent large pastes from consuming your entire context window.You can still move the content back into the message at any time by clicking onShow in text fieldto convert the attachment back to a direct paste.This is already available toChatGPT Plus, Pro,andBusinessusers. Previously if you sent more than 5k characters it was sent as an attachment. The threshold has now also been raised to 10k characters.

ChatGPT now has more ways to help with common questions, from pronunciation guidance to World Cup updates. It’s also smoother to use, with easier chat organization and sharing, more control over connected apps, and faster photo uploads on iOS, and more.
Web, iOS, and Android
Help with pronunciations: ChatGPT can now include text and audio pronunciation guidance for words in more than 60 languages. Ask how to pronounce a word and ChatGPT can explain it with both audio and text in the conversation.World Cup updates: ChatGPT can now help you follow the tournament in a more conversational way. Ask about schedules, matchups, teams and players, country storylines, predictions, and what different match outcomes mean. Get started atchatgpt.com/football.App permission controls: You can now choose when ChatGPT asks before using connected apps. Set ChatGPT to always ask, ask before making changes, or only ask before important changes. Manage preferences in Settings > Apps.
Web
Easier pinning and sidebar organization: It’s now easier to keep important work close in ChatGPT. You can pin chats and projects directly from the sidebar, and your Pinned section now includes both chats and projects. You can also organize Recents as one combined list, or group chats by project so related work stays together.Easier conversation sharing: Sharing a conversation is now faster, with a one-click flow that no longer opens a separate pop-up.Create a note from a response: Highlight text in a ChatGPT response and choose ‘Start writing’ to keep working on it, or save it to your Library to come back to later.
iOS
Improved camera and photo uploads: Taking and uploading photos in ChatGPT on iOS is now faster and smoother, making it easier to add images to your conversations.
Android
Long-press send to choose a model: Android users on paid plans can now long-press the send button to choose a model for a one-off message without changing their default model.Updated composer and tools menu: The composer

Record & Replay is a new Codex app feature for macOS that lets eligible users demonstrate a workflow once and turn it into a reusable skill. It is useful for repetitive workflows or tasks that are easier to show than describe, such as creating a configured issue, publishing a video, or downloading a recurring report.Record & Replay requires Computer Use to be available and enabled, and initial availability excludes the European Union, UK and Switzerland. Learn more in theRecord & Replay guide.

- **Streaming support for speech generation** : Streaming via `streamGenerateContent` (and `stream: true` in the Interactions API) is now supported for the `gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview` model. To learn more, see the [Text-to-Speech](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/speech-generation#streaming) guide.

With scheduled tasks, users can ask ChatGPT to send reminders, handle recurring work, or monitor things for them. This update makes tasks easier to find and manage, faster and more reliable, with more useful notifications.What’s changing
A new Scheduled page, discoverable in the sidebar, gives users one place to view active tasks, see when they’ll run next, and pause, resume, edit, or delete them.All tasks are faster and more reliable.Users can schedule work for specific times or broader windows, such as morning, afternoon, or evening.Monitoring tasks can search the web and check connected apps for changes and notify users only when there is something worth reporting.
Availability and limits
Rolling out to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users.Active task limits vary by tier.Tasks cannot run more than once per hour, and unattended tasks may automatically pause after a period of inactivity.
Update on Pulse
Pulse is being sunset as proactive updates move into scheduled tasks. Pro users will continue to have access for 14 days from today. To keep receiving daily updates, you can ask ChatGPT to schedule a daily briefing based on your interests and past chats.

Infinite scroll chat history
[Web]
Roadmap ID:
557348
Infinite scroll makes it easier to browse older Copilot chat sessions by loading conversations automatically as users scroll.
Details:
What changed:
Users no longer need to click to load older chats; conversations appear continuously as they scroll.
Why:
This creates a smoother, more modern browsing experience.
Try this:
Scroll through past conversations to find older insights.
Use infinite scroll to revisit earlier project discussions.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Improves usability and reduces time spent searching.
Personal impact:
Makes it easier to find past work.

Modern, unified, and updated look and feel in Microsoft Edge
[Web]
Microsoft Edge is updating the Copilot experience to create a more unified visual design across Microsoft AI surfaces.
Roadmap ID:
559993
Details:
What changed:
Microsoft Edge will update multiple user experience elements, including spacing, corners, fonts, and default colors, to align more closely with other Microsoft AI experiences such as Copilot and Bing.
Why:
This change creates a more modern and unified experience across Microsoft AI surfaces.
Try this:
Open Copilot in Edge and review the updated visual design.
Compare the new spacing, fonts, and colors with other Microsoft AI experiences you use.
Update screenshots or internal training content if your organization documents the prior interface.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Supports consistency across tools and can reduce the need for separate guidance on different AI interfaces.
Personal impact:
Makes the experience feel more familiar and easier to navigate across Microsoft AI products.

Connect 15Five data to surface team priorities and recognition
[Web]
Connect 15Five with Microsoft 365 Copilot to bring team priorities and recognition into Copilot experiences.
Roadmap ID:
515160
Details:
What changed:
A new Copilot connector enables integration with 15Five. Users can access team priorities and recognition data directly within Copilot. Previously, this information was not available through Copilot.
Why:
Customers want easier access to external team insights without switching tools.
Try this:
Connect your 15Five account through the Copilot connector.
Ask Copilot to surface team priorities.
Review team recognition insights directly in Copilot.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Centralizes team insights and reduces time spent switching between tools.
Personal impact:
Makes it easier to stay informed about team priorities and recognition.

Black Forest Lab’s FLUX.2 Flex model is available in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Copilot
[Web]
PowerPoint now supports Black Forest Lab’s FLUX.2 Flex image generation model, giving users a new option for creating high quality visuals.
Details:
What changed:
Users can now select FLUX.2 Flex when generating images in PowerPoint. The model produces higher‑quality visual output with improved text and layout rendering.
Why:
Adding another image generation model gives users more creative control and helps them produce visuals that better match their presentation needs.
Try this:
Choose FLUX.2 Flex when generating a slide background.
Create an image with text elements to see improved rendering.
Generate multiple layout variations to compare visual styles.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Enhances presentation quality and visual communication.

Use Copilot to get a detailed and contextual explanation for shapes and images (Win32)
[Windows, Web, Mac]
Users can now select shapes or images in PowerPoint and ask Copilot to explain them with detailed, contextual information.
Details:
What changed:
The Explain feature in PowerPoint has expanded beyond acronyms, text boxes, tables, and slides. Users can now click Explain on shapes and images to receive a contextual description of the selected object. This builds on earlier releases and broadens Copilot’s ability to interpret visual elements.
Why:
This enhancement helps users better understand visual content, making it easier to review, edit, or present information accurately.
Try this:
Select an image and choose Explain to get a summary of what it depicts.
Click Explain on a shape to understand its purpose in a diagram.
Use explanations to prepare speaker notes or refine slide content.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Improves clarity and accuracy when reviewing or collaborating on presentations.
Personal impact:
Makes it easier to create polished, professional images.
Additional resources:
Blog:
Get clarity on complex presentations with Explainer in PowerPoint

Edit with Copilot for PowerPoint uses enterprise assets hosted on multiple SharePoint OALs
[Windows, Web, Mac]
Copilot for PowerPoint can now access images stored across multiple Organizational Asset Libraries when creating presentations.
Details:
What changed:
Previously, Copilot could only pull images from a single Organizational Asset Library. It can now access enterprise assets stored across multiple SharePoint OALs, enabling richer and more flexible content generation.
Why:
This update ensures Copilot can use the full range of approved organizational visuals, improving brand consistency and content quality.
Try this:
Go to Insert>Picture>Brand Images: See all your OALs and pick Images from the OAL you want.
Ask Copilot to create a slide using your organization’s approved imagery.
Generate multiple slide variations using assets from different OALs.
Use Copilot to update a presentation with the latest brand‑approved visuals.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Strengthens brand consistency and improves content creation workflows.
Personal impact:
Makes it easier to build polished, on‑brand presentations.
Additional resources:
Learn
Connect organizational asset libraries to PowerPoint for an on-brand experience

Anthropic's Claude now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot
[Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, Web]
Anthropic's Claude is now available in Copilot Chat, giving users more flexibility in how they work.
Details:
What changed:
Users can now select Claude as a model option in Copilot Chat for complex analysis, document understanding, and structured content generation.
Why:
Adding Claude gives users more flexibility to choose the model that best fits their needs.
Try this:
Use Claude to analyze a long document.
Ask Claude to break down a complex topic.
Request a multistep plan or structured outline.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Broadens access to different AI models, giving teams more flexibility to choose the model that best fits their needs.
Personal impact:
Provides users with another option for generating detailed analysis, structured outputs, and high-quality content.

Black Forest Lab's FLUX.2 Flex model is available in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 Copilot
[Web]
PowerPoint now supports Black Forest Lab's FLUX.2 Flex image generation model, giving users a new option for creating high quality visuals.
Details:
What changed:
Users can now select FLUX.2 Flex when generating images in PowerPoint. The model produces higher‑quality visual output with improved text and layout rendering.
Why:
Adding another image generation model gives users more creative control and helps them produce visuals that better match their presentation needs.
Try this:
Choose FLUX.2 Flex when generating a slide background.
Create an image with text elements to see improved rendering.
Generate multiple layout variations to compare visual styles.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Enhances presentation quality and visual communication.

Infinite scroll chat history
[Web]
Infinite scroll makes it easier to browse older Copilot chat sessions by loading conversations automatically as users scroll.
Roadmap ID:
557348
Details:
What changed:
Users no longer need to click to load older chats; conversations appear continuously as they scroll.
Why:
This creates a smoother, more modern browsing experience.
Try this:
Scroll through past conversations to find older insights.
Use infinite scroll to revisit earlier project discussions.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Improves usability and reduces time spent searching.
Personal impact:
Makes it easier to find past work.

- **Deprecation announcement** : The following image generation models are
being deprecated and will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on **August 17, 2026**:

- **Imagen 4 and Gemini 3 Image models** :
- `imagen-4.0-generate-001`
- `imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001`
- `imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001`

To migrate your code to newer stable or preview endpoints, refer to the
[Gemini deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#imagen-models) page.
- **Deprecation announcement** : The following video generation models are
being deprecated and will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on **June 30, 2026**:

- **Veo models** :
- `veo-2.0-generate-001`
- `veo-3.0-generate-001`
- `veo-3.0-fast-generate-001`

Update your integration to either use the Veo 3.1 preview model IDs
(`veo-3.1-generate-preview`, `veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview`) or the
3.1 GA models available through the
[Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/veo/3-1-generate)
to avoid service interruptions.
- **Deprecation announcement** : The experimental GMP Contextual View tool (a fixed interface for Grounding with Google Maps outputs) will [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on **June 15, 2026**:

- **Deprecation announcement** : The following image generation models are
being deprecated and will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on **August 17, 2026**:

- **Imagen 4 and Gemini 3 Image models**:

- `imagen-4.0-generate-001`
- `imagen-4.0-ultra-generate-001`
- `imagen-4.0-fast-generate-001`

To migrate your code to newer stable or preview endpoints, refer to the
[Gemini deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations#imagen-models) page.
- **Deprecation announcement** : The following video generation models are
being deprecated and will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on **June 30, 2026**:

- **Veo models**:

- `veo-2.0-generate-001`
- `veo-3.0-generate-001`
- `veo-3.0-fast-generate-001`

Update your integration to either use the Veo 3.1 preview model IDs
(`veo-3.1-generate-preview`, `veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview`) or the
3.1 GA models available through the
[Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform](https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini-enterprise-agent-platform/models/veo/3-1-generate)
to avoid service interruptions.
- **Deprecation announcement** : The experimental GMP Contextual View tool (a fixed interface for Grounding with Google Maps outputs) will [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on **June 15, 2026**:

You can now delete the memories shown on your memory summary page and turn memory off by selecting “Delete and turn off memory” from the three-dot menu. This does not delete your past chats. If you turn memory back on later, ChatGPT may create new memories from chats that remain in your chat history. This control is available to all ChatGPT users on the web and rolling out on mobile soon.To make changes to your memory summary, you can:
Type what you want changed into the text box at the bottom of the memory summary, and it will update accordingly.Highlight any text in the memory summary to make a specific correction.
If you don’t want information from a chat to be used to personalize responses, you can turn off memory or use Temporary Chat. Temporary Chats don’t use existing memories or create new memories.Memory updates, including memory summary, are still rolling out across ChatGPT plans and countries. You’ll be notified in ChatGPT when memory updates are available to you.

When Claude writes a draft in chat or Claude Cowork (a report, a plan, a brief), it opens right beside your chat. Highlight the part you want changed, type the change, and Claude makes the edit right where you marked it. No switching apps, no re-describing paragraphs in chat. For more information, seeWork with artifacts.

What
: Created a new article explaining
how small business owners in Tennessee can receive notifications from Google Search
.
Why
: To help small businesses in Tennessee learn how they can get notified if their web content is removed or restricted on Google Search (for example, signing up for Search Console, Business Profile, or Merchant Center).

We’ve made several Codex updates, including:
Eligible Plus and Pro users now have rate-limit reset banking, including one free reset at launch and the ability to send referral invitations form within the Codex app. When an eligible recipient sends their first Codex message, both people receive a banked rate-limit reset. Banked resets are usable for 30 days after they are granted. Learn more inInvite friends and coworkersand review thecurrent terms.This release also addsDeveloper modefor Browser use in Chrome and the Codex in-app browser. Developer mode gives Codex controlled Chrome DevTools Protocol access so it can profile JavaScript, inspect console output and network traffic, review page state such as the DOM and applied styles, and diagnose live browser issues. The feature is off by default - users can toggle the feature from Codex app settings.
Other changes in this release include the/initcommand for generating an AGENTS.md project-instructions scaffold, customizable macOS Dock icons, anUnread chatssection in the command menu, and clearer usage-limit errors with plan and workspace guidance, including reset timing when available.Learn more.

We’ve made several Codex updates, including:
Eligible Plus and Pro users now have rate-limit reset banking, including one free reset at launch and the ability to send referral invitations from within the Codex app. When an eligible recipient sends their first Codex message, both people receive a banked rate-limit reset. Banked resets are usable for 30 days after they are granted. Learn more inInvite friends and coworkersand review thecurrent terms.This release also addsDeveloper modefor Browser use in Chrome and the Codex in-app browser. Developer mode gives Codex controlled Chrome DevTools Protocol access so it can profile JavaScript, inspect console output and network traffic, review page state such as the DOM and applied styles, and diagnose live browser issues. The feature is off by default - users can toggle the feature from Codex app settings.
Other changes in this release include the/initcommand for generating an AGENTS.md project-instructions scaffold, customizable macOS Dock icons, anUnread chatssection in the command menu, and clearer usage-limit errors with plan and workspace guidance, including reset timing when available.Learn more.

What
: Added
Google Search's guidance on using third-party SEO tools, services, and advice
.
Also added guidance to the
Do you need an SEO?
page on
evaluating your SEO's recommendations and tools, along with other minor updates to the
page to simplify and modernize the content.
Why
: To highlight important considerations when evaluating third-party SEO tools and
advice, and to simplify some sections and remove outdated examples in existing
documentation.

We’re rolling outActive sessions, a new security feature in ChatGPT that helps users review sessions associated with their account and sign out of sessions they don’t recognize.Users can now:
Review first-party OpenAI sessions fromSettings>Security>Active sessions, with available details such as device, app, approximate location, sign-in time, trusted-device status, and whether it is the current sessionLog out of individual sessions or all sessions fromActive sessions
Active sessions shows sessions known through session management, including ChatGPT, Codex, and API Platform sessions where available. It does not manage third-party app sessions, connected apps, Sign in with ChatGPT sessions used only for third-party services, or Codex CLI sessions.Learn more:Managing active sessions in ChatGPT

Organizational Messages now supports Email messages
[Web]
Organizational Messages in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center now supports email delivery in addition to other surfaces like the Windows Taskbar, Windows Spotlight, Windows Notification Center, and Teams Popovers. This gives admins another familiar communication channel while keeping messaging within one centralized workflow.
Roadmap ID:
503562
Details:
What changed:
Admins can now deliver Organizational Messages through email alongside existing OM surfaces including Windows Taskbar, Windows Spotlight, Windows Notification Center, and Teams Popovers. Adding email expands communication reach and simplifies change management workflows by reducing dependency on separate communication tools.
The initial release includes 9 premade email templates available in 15 languages to help accelerate Microsoft 365 Copilot onboarding, awareness, and adoption:
3 welcome email templates: Welcome to M365 Copilot, Welcome to Copilot Chat, and Welcome to Copilot Trial with onboarding guidance and helpful resources.
6 weekly email templates for The Great M365 Copilot Journey, designed to increase awareness of Copilot features and capabilities and help users maximize the value of Copilot.
A new insights tab dedicated to the Email surface is now available to help admins track and measure campaign engagement.
Why:
Adding email as a delivery surface helps organizations reach users through a familiar and widely used communication channel while enabling centralized campaign management within Organizational Messages.
Try this:
Create an Organizational Message and select Email as the delivery method.
Use premade onboarding and adoption templates to accelerate Copilot rollout campaigns.
Leverage the weekly Great M365 Copilot Journey emails to drive continued Copilot engagement and feature awareness.
Monitor campaign effectiveness using the new Email insights tab.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Expands organizational communication reach, si

Organizational Messages Usage‑based targeting is now generally available in the Microsoft 365 admin center!
[Web]
Organizational Messages now supports usage‑based targeting in addition to existing group‑based targeting capabilities. This enables admins to deliver Organizational Messages based on real user behavior and engagement patterns rather than static group membership.
Roadmap ID:
503563
Details:
What changed:
Admins can now target Organizational Messages using dynamic usage behaviors through Usage‑based targeting. This allows IT admins to drive Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption by reaching users based on actual product usage instead of relying only on pre‑configured groups or distribution lists.
By leveraging dynamic, pre‑defined usage segments, admins can deliver timely and relevant guidance to the right users to improve awareness, engagement, and value realization from Copilot investments.
The initial release includes two Action Segments focused on Copilot adoption:
Inactive Copilot Users for the past 28 days
Inactive Copilot Users in Teams for the past 30 days
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Enables more precise and effective Copilot adoption campaigns by targeting users based on actual behavior, helping organizations improve engagement and maximize value from Copilot investments.
Personal impact:
Users receive more relevant and timely communications tailored to their usage patterns, helping them better discover and adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot capabilities.

Organizational Messages now supports Email messages
[Web]
Organizational Messages in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center now supports email delivery in addition to other surfaces like the Windows Taskbar, Windows Spotlight, Windows Notification Center, and Teams Popovers. This gives admins another familiar communication channel while keeping messaging within one centralized workflow.
Roadmap ID:
503562
Details:
What changed: Admins can now deliver Organizational Messages through email alongside existing OM surfaces including Windows Taskbar, Windows Spotlight, Windows Notification Center, and Teams Popovers. Adding email expands communication reach and simplifies change management workflows by reducing dependency on separate communication tools.
The initial release includes 9 premade email templates available in 15 languages to help accelerate Microsoft 365 Copilot onboarding, awareness, and adoption:
3 welcome email templates: Welcome to M365 Copilot, Welcome to Copilot Chat, and Welcome to Copilot Trial with onboarding guidance and helpful resources.
6 weekly email templates for The Great M365 Copilot Journey, designed to increase awareness of Copilot features and capabilities and help users maximize the value of Copilot.
A new insights tab dedicated to the Email surface is now available to help admins track and measure campaign engagement.
Why: Adding email as a delivery surface helps organizations reach users through a familiar and widely used communication channel while enabling centralized campaign management within Organizational Messages.
Try this:
Create an Organizational Message and select Email as the delivery method.
Use premade onboarding and adoption templates to accelerate Copilot rollout campaigns.
Leverage the weekly Great M365 Copilot Journey emails to drive continued Copilot engagement and feature awareness.
Monitor campaign effectiveness using the new Email insights tab.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Expands organizational communication reach, si

Use Microsoft 365 Copilot in model‑driven apps (Work IQ)
[Web]
Users can now access Microsoft 365 Copilot directly inside model‑driven apps to get answers and take action without switching tools.
Details:
What changed:
Copilot is now embedded in model‑driven apps, enabling users to ask questions, complete tasks, and access context‑aware insights.
Why:
Users lose time switching between apps and searching for information. Integrating Copilot reduces delays and improves task completion.
Try this:
Ask Copilot to summarize a record or workflow.
Request help completing a task inside the app.
Use Copilot to find missing context before making a decision.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Improves app adoption and reduces operational friction.
Personal impact:
Helps users work faster with fewer interruptions.
Additional resources:
Learn:
Add Microsoft 365 Copilot for app users in model-driven apps

Add expected response for agent evaluation test cases
[Web]
Makers can now add expected responses to agent evaluation test cases manually or through file import.
Details:
What changed:
Test cases now support expected responses and multiple grading methods, including Exact, Partial, Similarity, and Compare Meaning.
Why:
This helps makers evaluate agent quality more accurately and consistently.
Try this:
Add expected responses to an existing test case.
Import a file containing multiple test cases.
Run an evaluation using different grading methods.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Improves agent reliability and testing accuracy.
Personal impact:
Makes it easier to validate agent behavior.
Additional resources:
Learn:
Create a single response test set

Grader Framework for Agent Evaluation
[Web]
The Grader Framework provides flexible evaluation options for agent responses using exact match, similarity, intent, and AI‑based metrics.
Details:
What changed:
Makers can now use multiple grading approaches to evaluate agent performance with more transparency.
Why:
Different scenarios require different evaluation methods, and flexibility improves testing accuracy.
Try this:
Evaluate an agent using similarity scoring.
Compare intent‑based grading with exact match.
Review detailed grading results to identify improvement areas.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Enhances quality assurance for AI agents.
Personal impact:
Helps makers understand how agents perform in real scenarios.
Additional resources:
Learn:
Create a single response test set

Federated Copilot Connectors are now generally available
[Web]
Federated Copilot connectors are now generally available, enabling users to securely connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to supported third-party data sources and retrieve information in real time using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Details:
What changed:
Federated Copilot connectors are now available across Microsoft 365 Chat, Researcher, and Agent Mode in Excel. Admins can discover, review, enable, disable, and manage Microsoft-published federated connectors from Microsoft Admin Center > Copilot > Connectors.
Why:
Organizations can extend Copilot with real-time access to external business data while maintaining centralized governance and administrative control.
Try this:
Review available federated connectors in Microsoft Admin Center.
Use staged rollout to enable connectors for a subset of users or groups.
Evaluate connectors during the 7-day admin review period before end-user availability.
Disable connectors that do not align with organizational policies or compliance requirements.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Provides secure, governed access to external business data without requiring data ingestion, storage, or indexing in Microsoft 365.
Personal impact:
Users can connect approved third-party applications and access up-to-date information directly within Copilot experiences, helping them complete tasks more efficiently.
Additional resources:
Learn:
Federated connectors overview

Automate agent lifecycle management with policy-based rules
[Windows, Web]
Admins can now leverage rules to take large-scale agent management scenarios such as bulk installing first-party (1P) agents and reassigning ownerless agents to appropriate managers, enabling consistent governance and reducing operational overhead in enterprise environments.
Roadmap ID:
481518
Details:
What changed:
Admins can now use rules to manage two key scenarios: (1) bulk installation of first-party (1P) agents across all users in the organization, and (2) automatic reassignment of ownerless agents to the appropriate manager. Previously, these actions required manual intervention or scripting, making it difficult to manage at scale. With rules, these workflows can now be executed consistently and based on defined conditions.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Accelerates enterprise-wide agent adoption while ensuring every agent remains governed with a clear owner, reducing risk and operational gaps at scale.
Personal impact:
Eliminates manual effort for admins to deploy agents or track down ownership gaps, enabling more efficient and reliable management of agent environments.

Copilot can edit your document by default in Word
[Web]
The default chat experience with Copilot in Word now allows Copilot to directly edit your document. All changes made by Copilot are fully reviewable and reversible, and users can turn this experience off if needed
Roadmap ID:
557673
Details:
What changed:
Copilot is now able to edit documents by default in Word. This means Copilot can make direct edits to the document without requiring users to toggle editing on. Users can still turn this experience off if they prefer. All Copilot‑made changes remain trackable and reversible.
Why:
This update streamlines the editing workflow, reducing friction, and helping users complete writing tasks more efficiently.
Try this:
Ask Copilot to rewrite a paragraph and watch the edits appear directly in the document.
Request formatting changes, such as adjusting headings or reorganizing sections.
Use Copilot to insert new content, then review the tracked changes.
Why this matters:
Business impact:
Speeds up document creation and editing across teams.
Personal impact:
Makes writing and revising content more intuitive.

ChatGPT can now help with more of the job search process, from finding relevant live roles to tailoring a resume for a specific opportunity.When you search for jobs, ChatGPT can surface live listings and freelance opportunities from sources like Indeed, Upwork, Appcast, and across the web. Results are personalized using your experience, skills, and goals to highlight roles that may be a strong fit. You can follow links to apply directly on the source sites.You can now also upload or create a resume in ChatGPT, tailor it to a specific role, and download it in a polished, professional format.Availability:
Job search: Available to users in the U.S. on Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plansResume formatting: Available in English globally on the web for all plans

- The following Gemini 2.0 models are now [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations):

- `gemini-2.0-flash`
- `gemini-2.0-flash-001`
- `gemini-2.0-flash-lite`
- `gemini-2.0-flash-lite-001`

Use [`gemini-3.5-flash`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.5-flash) or
[`gemini-3.1-flash-lite`](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-lite)
instead.

Codex now supports Computer Use on Windows in the Codex app, so eligible users can ask Codex to see, click, and type in Windows applications while they test, debug, and refine what they are building. Users can start work on a Windows machine and use ChatGPT on iOS or Android, or Codex on Mac, to check progress, continue the thread, respond to prompts, and steer work while away from the desk; the Windows machine remains the host for project files, shell, app server, and local context.This release also includes infrastructure updates that improve responsiveness and in-app browser speed, stability, and web compatibility, plus Codex Profiles for eligible users to see their Codex identity, activity over time, profile details, usage stats, and token activity. Computer Use on Windows is unavailable in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland at launch.Learn more:Computer Use,Remote control,Profiles.

- Released `gemini-3.1-flash-image` (Nano Banana 2) and `gemini-3-pro-image`
(Nano Banana Pro), the generally available (GA) versions of our native
visual models, [Gemini 3.1 Flash Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3.1-flash-image)
and [Gemini 3 Pro Image](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models/gemini-3-pro-image).

- **Video-to-image generation support** : You can now pass a video file (via
direct upload or as a public YouTube URL) as multimodal context alongside a
text prompt to generate high-quality thumbnails, cinematic movie posters, or
summary infographics. This feature is supported exclusively on the
`gemini-3.1-flash-image` model. To learn more, see the
[Video-to-image generation](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/image-generation#video-to-image)
guide.

- Deprecation announcement: The `gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview` and
`gemini-3-pro-image-preview` models are deprecated
and will be [shut down](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations) on June 25, 2026.