{"id":3611,"date":"2026-09-25T05:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-copilot-plus-pc-brand\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T05:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:25:53","slug":"microsoft-is-killing-off-the-copilot-plus-pc-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-copilot-plus-pc-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is killing off the \u2018Copilot Plus PC\u2019 brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A photo of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with the text \u201cCopilot+ PC\u201d in the background\" data-caption=\"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introducing the company\u2019s Copilot Plus PC initiative. | Image: Allison Johnson\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Allison Johnson\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/lcimg_d86deab3_6099_437b_b86a_4f36ef6f8ffb.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella introducing the company\u2019s Copilot Plus PC initiative. | Image: Allison Johnson\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone to know <a href=\"https:\/\/irtable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that \u00ab\u00a0Copilot Plus PCs\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> were the ones to get, because those were the PCs that that&rsquo;d have enough built-in AI muscle to get things done? Two and a half years later, Microsoft and Qualcomm seem to be admitting the brand is already dead. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft\/windows-11\/the-copilot-pc-brand-is-dead-microsoft-and-pc-makers-quietly-pull-back-on-tarnished-windows-11-ai-pc-branding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Windows Central<\/em>&lsquo;s Zac Bowden reports<\/a> that even though the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/999195\/microsoft-surface-pro-12-inch-surface-laptop-13-inch-qualcomm-x2-plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12-inch Microsoft Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop<\/a> technically meet the system requirements for a Copilot Plus PC, Microsoft is not calling them by that name anymore. \u00ab\u00a0These are not called Copilot Plus PCs,\u00a0\u00bb Microsoft Surface CVP Brett Ostrom told the publication. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kedar Kondap, Qualcomm&rsquo;s SVP  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1000495\/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-copilot-plus-pc-brand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introducing the company\u2019s Copilot Plus PC initiative. | Image: Allison Johnson Remember when Microsoft wanted everyone [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}