ProductThe Verge·August 13, 2026

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

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…

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