{"id":29937,"date":"2026-05-06T19:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/29937\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:09:15","slug":"relax-xbox-owners-copilots-not-invading-your-game-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/29937\/","title":{"rendered":"Relax, Xbox Owners: Copilot&#8217;s Not Invading Your Game Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"u-speakableText-p1\">If you play games on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/xbox-series-s-1tb-review-new-outside-almost-the-same-insides\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xbox console<\/a> and you don&#8217;t like Microsoft&#8217;s AI, you can breathe a little easier: Asha Sharma, CEO of Xbox, announced Tuesday that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/what-is-copilot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-ai-tools\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Copilot<\/a> is no longer coming to the company&#8217;s consoles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-speakableText-p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/asha_shar\/status\/2051746410660593933\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">In an X post<\/a>, the executive said the division needs to move faster, &#8220;deepen our connection with community, and address friction for both players and developers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Toward that goal, Sharma said, &#8220;You&#8217;ll see us begin to retire features that don&#8217;t align with where we&#8217;re headed. We will begin winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop development of Copilot on console.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers.<br \/>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\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asha (@asha_shar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asha_shar\/status\/2051746410660593933?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Microsoft was so optimistic about its Copilot AI plans that it announced it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/microsoft-copilot-for-gaming-ai-game-assistant-enters-beta-on-android-ios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">bringing the artificial intelligence technology<\/a> to all its gaming platforms across PC, mobile devices (including Xbox portable consoles like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/rog-xbox-ally-x-review\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">ROG Ally X<\/a>) and Xbox game consoles. Among other things, the AI was meant to help gamers find gameplay tips or walkthroughs.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ai-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-shortcodeImage_imageContainer\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"CNET AI Atlas badge; click to see more\" height=\"268.105702364395\" width=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Despite the investments Microsoft has made in its Copilot AI tech, it has not been warmly welcomed by gamers or PC users. The company has had to scale back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft\/windows-11\/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">some of its Copilot plans for Windows<\/a>, even as it has tried to get people excited about new AI features in its flagship products,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/want-more-ai-with-your-microsoft-office-its-arriving-in-a-365-premium-version\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">such as Microsoft 365<\/a>, that it expects customers will pay more to access.<\/p>\n<p>Sharma took over Microsoft&#8217;s gaming business in February and has been trying to revive a flagging brand, starting with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/gaming\/xbox-game-pass-ultimate-price-call-of-duty-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"c-shortcodeLink c-shortcodeLink-active\" target=\"_blank\">price cut to its Game Pass service<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another X post from Sharma suggests the company&#8217;s AI gaming efforts may involve using AI behind the scenes or as a recommendation engine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are refocusing our AI efforts to (solve) player problems like enhancing real-time graphics, improving discovery and deepening personalization,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/asha_shar\/status\/2049904644235952452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" class=\"c-regularLink\">she wrote in late April<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you play games on an Xbox console and you don&#8217;t like Microsoft&#8217;s AI, you can breathe a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[420,7853,416,320,7852],"class_list":{"0":"post-29937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-microsoft","8":"tag-azure","9":"tag-azure-copilot","10":"tag-copilot","11":"tag-microsoft","12":"tag-microsoft-copilot"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937","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=29937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}