Microsoft announced today that it is rolling out a beta version of Copilot for Gaming to mobile platforms. Testers on iOS and Android can now try out Microsoft’s first attempt at integrating an AI assistant with its Xbox platform.
In a blog post, Microsoft shared that users of the beta version of the Xbox app for mobile can now try out Copilot for Gaming’s chatbot functionality. The AI assistant is designed to link into your Xbox account and be able to answer questions about your Xbox history, current gameplay, games in general, and other topics.
Microsoft suggests that Copilot will be able to answer particularly specific or context-sensitive questions, such as advice on certain encounters in games, guidance on improving your Gamerscore, or particularly rare Achievements in certain games. Right now, Copilot incorporates your Xbox profile with information gathered from Bing searches, but Microsoft says that deeper personalization is in development. It’s currently unclear exactly how often and in what way Copilot will be gathering information from profiles, and Microsoft has yet to explain how its answers might cite sources that it crawls while searching Bing. Finally, while Copilot is currently reactive–it waits for you to ask it something–Microsoft also states that proactive guidance for in-game activity is in the works.
The Copilot for Gaming beta is available in a bunch of countries (including the US and Canada), but it has yet to launch in the UK and Europe. The company is working on bringing it to more regions in the future.
Microsoft has been quite active in announcing AI functionality coming to games. Earlier in May, for instance, it shared its plans for integrating Copilot directly into Minecraft. The tech giant has also increasingly proposed using AI to generate game content, such as its creation of a Quake II level using an AI model.
