Microsoft Quietly Buries Copilot+ PC Brand After Recall Backlash and Market Indifference
Microsoft is keeping the AI features but dropping the Copilot+ PC label as it reworks branding for new Surface and OEM devices.
- Microsoft is removing the Copilot branding from its newly announced Surface Pro 12 and 13 devices featuring the Snapdragon X2 Plus processor, as confirmed by corporate vice president Brett Ostrum.
- The branding shift follows a rocky introduction two years ago, which included the delayed Recall feature and consumer confusion between Copilot PCs and the separate Copilot Pro subscription service.
- Ostrum stated these devices "meet all the requirements of our previous bar for what Copilot devices are," while Qualcomm senior vice president Kedar Kondap noted new hardware offers identical AI experiences without the specific terminology.
- While the capabilities remain, Microsoft is no longer pushing the branding; PCMag's Chris Hoffman previously called the product promise misleading, arguing local NPU features alone fail to justify new purchases.
- The label has largely disappeared from recent Microsoft devices and OEM products, suggesting the brand may not have resonated with customers; many early products also missed the designation entirely.
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