Back in 2024, Microsoft made headlines by introducing the first new mandatory PC keyboard button in decades: the Copilot key. Donning the company's signature artificial intelligence logo, this Copilot ...

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Launch any app, or bring back the right ctrl key. If you bought a Windows computer in the past couple years, there's a good chance that it a "Copilot" key where the right ctrl key used to be. But what ...

Copilot has proved to be incredibly divisive, but this was even more noticeable when keyboards appeared that featured a dedicated Copilot key. For anyone who does not care for the AI tool, having a ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you’ve purchased a new Windows laptop anytime in the past year or two, you may notice the presence of a dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard.

You can turn your keyboard's Copilot key into a search shortcut, or use PowerToys to launch any app you want instead. Newer keyboards often feature a Copilot key, which by default launches Microsoft’s ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. If you've got a new Windows 11 laptop with a physical Copilot key and you'd rather have that as a right Ctrl key, then you're in luck. While Microsoft ...

Editor's take: Microsoft introduced a dedicated "Copilot key" a couple of years ago, anticipating a future where just about everyone would be using the company's chatbot constantly. That future now ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...