Microsoft relaunches Copilot as a 'super app' with an always-on Autopilot agent and usage-based billing

Microsoft is redesigning Copilot into a single app with Home, Code, and Autopilot tabs, rebranding Scout as an always-on cloud agent, and moving Cowork, Code, and Autopilot to usage-based billing.

On 2026-09-25, Microsoft unveiled a redesigned Copilot app that combines chat, coding, and agents in Home, Code, and Autopilot tabs; The Verge reports Microsoft thinks the 'super app' will be as influential as Office. Autopilot is the rebranded version of Scout, shown at Build. The two outlets describe it in overlapping but differing terms: The Verge calls it an enterprise cloud agent with its own identity, memory, and workspace inside a Microsoft 365 tenant, while The Decoder says it is built on OpenClaw and that each instance gets its own cloud computer, workspace, storage, and identity, running persistently even while users are offline. The Code tab is powered by the same technology as GitHub Copilot and is sandboxed and tenant-hosted (The Verge); The Decoder adds that it lets non-developers build apps and automations via natural language in the Copilot Managed Runtime. Billing shifts for Cowork, Code, and Autopilot, which The Decoder says replaces flat-rate pricing; a standard license still covers chat and Office apps. Model selection is handled by an auto-router that picks by accuracy, speed, and cost (The Decoder), including frontier models such as Astra and Fable — which The Decoder attributes to OpenAI and Anthropic respectively, while The Verge names them without vendor attribution. Home and Code roll out via the Frontier program in the coming weeks, Autopilot enters private preview later this month (late September per The Decoder), and a consumer rollout is planned later.

• Microsoft unveiled a redesigned Copilot app combining chat, coding, and agents in Home, Code, and Autopilot tabs (both reports, 2026-09-25).
• The Verge reports Microsoft believes the Copilot 'super app' will be as influential as Office.
• Autopilot is Scout rebranded; Scout was previously shown at Build (The Verge).
• Sources differ on Autopilot's description: The Verge says an enterprise cloud agent with its own identity, memory, and workspace inside a Microsoft 365 tenant; The Decoder says it is built on OpenClaw with a dedicated cloud computer,…
• The Decoder says Autopilot runs persistently in the cloud, even while users are offline.
• The Code tab uses the same technology as GitHub Copilot, is sandboxed and tenant-hosted (The Verge), and lets non-developers build apps and automations via natural language in the Copilot Managed Runtime (The Decoder).
• Cowork, Code, and Autopilot shift to usage-based billing — replacing flat-rate pricing per The Decoder — while a standard license still covers chat and Office apps.
• An auto-router selects models by accuracy, speed, and cost, including frontier models Astra and Fable (The Decoder); The Decoder attributes Astra to OpenAI and Fable to Anthropic, while The Verge names both models without vendor…