Gaming Copilot is now rolling out to Xbox Insiders on PC, coming soon to ROG Xbox Ally

Microsoft's Gaming Copilot is described as the "ultimate gaming sidekick," an AI assistant designed to help you out when you get stuck in a game as it "knows what you're playing and understands your Xbox activity." Gaming Copilot (Beta) is now available as part of the Game Bar for Windows PC for Xbox Insiders, with Microsoft confirming that optimizations are on the way for the upcoming launch of the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X handhelds.

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"This companion makes gaming with Xbox more seamless and personalized, helping you get to gameplay faster, sharpening your skills, and being there when you need it and out of the way when you don't," Xbox's Taylor O'Malley writes. Gaming Copilot appears as one of the widgets on the Xbox Game Bar, and it fully supports voice interaction with a dedicated Voice Mode.

Apparently, this will let you engage and talk to the Gaming Copilot AI assistant while you're playing a game, so you'll be able to get tips and hints "without breaking away from gameplay."

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The Gaming Copilot (Beta) AI assistant has access to your full Xbox account details, play history, and achievements. And with real-time access to what you're currently playing, it can even take screenshots of your gameplay to demonstrate something or provide a more "helpful" response. Capture settings can be adjusted in the settings. Still, it's very interesting to learn that Gaming Copilot can now see what you're doing in-game and be able to use that information to answer questions or offer advice.

Ahead of today's launch, Gaming Copilot has only been made available in a beta version of the Xbox mobile app with a simple text-based interface that acted more like your traditional AI chatbot - with the added bonus of it knowing what you're currently playing. The Xbox team notes that future Gaming Copilot updates will enhance the personalization of the tool, offer "richer game assistance" that includes coaching for competitive games, and more.

"We will continue to explore new ideas, experiment, and bring new features like Gaming Copilot to you early and often," Taylor O'Malley adds. "Feedback from Xbox Insiders will be critical in helping us shape and improve the feature as it expands to more Xbox surfaces."