Microsoft's New Copilot App for Windows 11 Found to Be a Microsoft Edge Wrapper

Summary

A post by Twitter/X user @TheBobPony claims that Microsoft's new standalone Copilot app for Windows 11 is essentially a repackaged version of Microsoft Edge rather than a purpose-built native application. The implication is that the app functions as a WebView or browser wrapper around the Copilot web experience, rather than being a deeply integrated native AI assistant. This is consistent with Microsoft's broader pattern of using Edge's rendering engine (Chromium-based) to deliver web-based exp