Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot

Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob Mico when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In a support page, Microsoft says it’s going to move Mico to its Learn Live platform, where the avatar will have “more to react to,” as reported earlier by GeekWire.

Mico joins the long list of virtual helpers that Microsoft has retired over the years, like Clippy, Cortana, and Rover. “Mico helped us learn about warmth, expressiveness, and how people want to talk with AI,” Microsoft’s support page says. “Those learnings are shaping Copilot going forward.” Microsoft is removing Mico from Copilot “in waves.”