{"id":28708,"date":"2026-05-05T22:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/28708\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T22:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:57:46","slug":"xbox-boss-on-microsoft-ai-we-will-stop-development-of-copilot-on-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/28708\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Boss on Microsoft AI: &#8220;We will stop development of Copilot on console&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in early 2026, Microsoft and Xbox announced that the platform will be bringing <a href=\"https:\/\/phandroid.com\/2026\/02\/26\/xbox-announces-several-updates-for-cloud-features-gaming-copilot-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new updates to Gaming Copilot for the Xbox mobile app<\/a>, which will provide interested users with a means to integrate AI into their gaming sessions. That said however, it looks like the company\u2019s now shifting gears with regards to its AI strategy for gaming, or rather putting a stop to it.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on her <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/asha_shar\/status\/2051746410660593933\" rel=\"nofollow\">official social media page<\/a>, Xbox boss Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft will end the development of Copilot on its Xbox consoles, in addition to the gradual \u201cwinding down\u201d of Copilot for mobile devices. She states:<\/p>\n<p>Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers. Today, we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox, while also bringing in new voices to help push us forward. This balance is important as we get the business back on track. As part of this shift, you\u2019ll see us begin to retire features that don\u2019t align with where we\u2019re headed. We will begin winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop development of Copilot on console.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the \u201cconsole wars\u201d are concerned, Xbox hasn\u2019t exactly had a smooth ride these past few years especially with competition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/hardware\/the-ps5-has-now-outsold-every-xbox-in-history-as-its-latest-84-2-million-sales-milestone-places-it-ahead-of-the-xbox-360\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from Sony\u2019s extremely-popular PlayStation 5<\/a> series systems. That said, it looks like Microsoft\u2019s Xbox division is <a href=\"https:\/\/phandroid.com\/2026\/04\/24\/players-are-frustrated-microsoft-wants-to-revitalize-its-xbox-division\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">determined to win back fans<\/a> following <a href=\"https:\/\/phandroid.com\/2026\/03\/09\/microsoft-boss-talks-about-companys-plans-for-xbox-we-dont-take-it-for-granted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">big promises on the platform\u2019s future<\/a>, which includes <a href=\"https:\/\/phandroid.com\/2026\/03\/05\/the-next-gen-xbox-will-be-able-to-play-pc-games-and-is-codenamed-project-helix\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the upcoming Project Helix system<\/a>, as well as a major pivot towards its branding strategy, to name a couple.<\/p>\n<p>Going back to the new Copilot announcement, it\u2019s certainly taken some by surprise given Microsoft\u2019s push on its AI services, which itself has received considerable pushback from some users lately. Of course at this point it\u2019s too early to tell how Xbox as a whole will move forward, but so far management seems to be saying all the right things, especially for fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in early 2026, Microsoft and Xbox announced that the platform will be bringing new updates to Gaming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[420,7829,416,320,7828,11721],"class_list":{"0":"post-28708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-microsoft","8":"tag-azure","9":"tag-azure-ai","10":"tag-copilot","11":"tag-microsoft","12":"tag-microsoft-ai","13":"tag-xbox"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}