Microsoft Copilot on windows now offers Office files creation, Gmail connectivity

Microsoft Copilot has begun rolling out a significant update on Windows, giving the AI assistant ability to create Office documents, drafting Word, Excel, and Power Point Files from the chat interface, and linking to both Gmail and Outlook accounts.

Once available, users will be able to instantly create and export documents directly from the chat interface using a single prompt.

Microsoft’s Copilot team said, “With just a prompt you can instantly turn ideas, notes and data into shareable and editable documents with no extra steps or tools required. Also for longer responses over 600 characters-users will now see an export button to send text straight to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF.”

Meanwhile in another update, users can now connect their personal Microsoft or Gmail accounts so Copilot can retrieve pertinent information from their inboxes.

For instance, you can ask it to find all invoices from a company or to pull up a contact’s email address.

The integration is discretionary and managed through the app’s connectors section, where users can easily link services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Outlook, and Google Contacts.

Microsoft Copilot on Windows is evolving into a more powerful and integrated personal AI assistant as the company prepares to launch a redesigned OneDrive app next year with new editing tools, further expanding the company's AI push across the ecosystem.