One of Microsoft’s big bets on Windows 11 is its own artificial intelligence, and that’s where Copilot comes into play. For some time now we can use the application developed by the software giant itself to get the most out of the platform.
At this moment, Microsoft has just made available to us a new app of the aforementioned Copilot available in Windows 11. It is worth mentioning that here we find the fourth version of it. The problem is currently occurring because the software giant itself claims that this new Copilot application is native.
What’s more, the company confirms that it has replaced the previous progressive web app with a native version. But this is precisely where many questioned this statement. In fact, Microsoft has not developed a native application for Windows for some of its platforms or services for quite some time.
Still, according to the company blog, the new Copilot is truly native. After you install the Copilot app update, it will appear in your system tray. But in reality it is not like that, it has very little native.
First of all, we will tell you that this software that we are talking about is still in the testing period. Those who have been able to try it assure that the changes compared to previous versions of the IA application are minimal.
In addition, they ensure that it is still 95% web-based, with the user interface and everything else developed on the WebView platform. What’s more, there are those who claim that it is now worse than a conventional progressive web application.
The consumption of the Copilot app on Windows is very high
The truth is that the new application for Windows 11 has a clean and simple design and adapts perfectly to the Windows 11 interface. Its main menu allows us to log in, change the settings or obtain information about the app. Additionally, the login process is the same as a browser.
So, despite Microsoft’s claims, most of it is still web-based. It is actually based on WebView2, which works with Microsoft Edge. Say that WebView allows Microsoft to display web content within an application window on Windows.
Therefore, although it looks like a true native Windows application, the new Copilot app and most of its functions, including conversation and menus, are web-based. Privacy pop-ups or other features continue to open in Edge.
And not only that, now the big problem is because, based on the tests carried out, the memory use of the new Copilot application can reach up to 1 GB of RAM, which is outrageous. This could be because Microsoft has included WebView in this new development for its AI.
A multitude of Copilot WebView processes appear, which results in excessive consumption of the computer’s resources. From here we will see how the new versions that we assume Microsoft will soon launch for its artificial intelligence evolve.
