{"slug": "microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot", "title": "Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot", "summary": "Microsoft is removing its Mico avatar from Copilot's voice mode, moving the character to its Learn Live platform, according to a Microsoft support page. Mico, which launched in Copilot's voice mode last October, was pitched by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman as a way to give the chatbot an identity. The change is part of Microsoft's plans to merge its Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps and follows an AI reshuffling that put Jacob Andreou in charge of Copilot.", "body_md": "Microsoft Copilot will no longer show its emotive yellow blob Mico when you use the chatbot’s voice mode. In [a](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/frequently-asked-questions-about-retired-copilot-features) [support page](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/frequently-asked-questions-about-retired-copilot-features), 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](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/farewell-mico-microsofts-cute-little-ai-blob-is-going-the-way-of-bob/).\n\n# Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot\n\nMico launched in Copilot’s voice mode less than a year ago.\n\nMico launched in Copilot’s voice mode less than a year ago.\n\nMico [launched in Copilot’s voice mode last October](/news/804106/microsoft-mico-copilot-ai-assistant-clippy), with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman pitching the avatar as a way to [give the chatbot an “identity.”](/news/713715/microsoft-copilot-appearance-feature-age-mustafa-suleyman-interview) The blob would react to what you say in real-time, complete with facial expressions and animations.\n\nMico joins [the long list](https://the-microsoft-windows-xp.fandom.com/wiki/Office_Assistants) of virtual helpers that Microsoft has retired over the years, like Clippy, Cortana, and Rover. “Mico helped us learn about warmth, expressiveness, and how people want to talk with AI,” Microsoft’s support page says. “Those learnings are shaping Copilot going forward.” Microsoft is removing Mico from Copilot “in waves.”\n\nThe change is part of Microsoft’s plans to merge its [Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps](/tech/979466/microsoft-copilot-365-app-unified-experience). It also comes just months [after an AI reshuffling](/news/895963/microsoft-copilot-leadership-changes-consumer-commercial) that put Jacob Andreou in charge of Copilot, while Suleyman turned his attention to developing new AI models.\n\n**Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.\n\n## Most Popular\n\n- This is Instagram’s new logo\n- Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen\n- How Google’s new Pixel 11 phones compare to last year’s models\n- Google’s Pixel 11 series pairs a little new hardware with a lot of new software\n- It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/979871/microsoft-copilot-mico-retired", "published_at": "2026-08-13 21:42:38+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 21:50:59.563771+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Copilot", "Mico", "Mustafa Suleyman", "Jacob Andreou", "Microsoft 365 Copilot", "GeekWire"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsofts-clippy-like-mico-character-is-no-longer-the-face-of-copilot.jsonld"}}