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

By Editor • August 13, 2026 • 1 min read

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Mico is headed to Learn Live. | Image: Microsoft

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 launched in Copilot's voice mode last October, with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman pitching the avatar as a way to give the chatbot an "identity." The blob would react to what you say in real-time, complete with facial expressions and animations.

Mico joins the long list of virtual helpers that Microsoft has retired over the years, like Clippy, Cortana, and Rover …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Source: www.theverge.com

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