Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has discontinued Gaming Copilot, citing a need to move faster and cut features that don't align with where the platform is headed.

AI feature axed: Asha Sharma announced Xbox will retire Copilot AI on mobile and stop console development, saying it no longer fits the platform’s goals. Faster update cycle: Sharma committed to biweekly Xbox console updates to fix fundamentals and ...

Asha Sharma has appointed a number of her former fellows from Microsoft's CoreAI division to leadership positions at Xbox.

Microsoft has reportedly scrapped its Gaming Copilot AI plans for Xbox consoles and the Xbox mobile app. Xbox had previously said that Gaming Copilot would come to Xbox Series X and Series S later in 2026 after initial availability on PC, the Xbox mobile app, and handheld devices.

The big takeaway here is that Copilot is being wound down for mobile, and development is ceasing entirely for the console version. As recently as March, Xbox had been showing off how Copilot would work on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, allowing players to access AI help when they got stuck in games such as Forza Horizon and Sea Of Thieves.

Microsoft is rapidly advancing its AI assistant offerings across consumer and enterprise platforms, from the official rollout of Copilot Vision in Windows 11 to Gaming Copilot’s expansion on Xbox and PC, and the OpenClaw-powered Project Lobster inside ...