Microsoft has expanded the availability of its AI-powered chatbot, Copilot, releasing a dedicated app for iOS and iPadOS devices. The launch comes just days after Copilot debuted on Android, as Microsoft rapidly rolls out access to the chatbot across platforms.

The iOS / iPadOS app provides iPhone and iPad users with conversational access to Copilot, allowing them to query the bot, request text summaries, receive help composing emails and documents, and more. Users can also tap into the image creation capabilities of the DALL-E3 text-to-image generator that is integrated into Copilot.

The rollout reflects Microsoft’s push to establish Copilot as a standalone chatbot experience comparable to OpenAI’s viral ChatGPT application. In addition to mobile apps, Microsoft has introduced a web-based version of Copilot, separating it from the company’s Bing search engine where the AI chatbot first launched.

Unlike ChatGPT, which caps capabilities for free users at the GPT-3.5 language model, Copilot provides access to the more powerful GPT-4 model at no cost. This gives Microsoft’s chatbot a competitive edge, delivering more accurate and up-to-date responses — at least until OpenAI inevitably upgrades ChatGPT.

Early reviews suggest Copilot lives up to expectations set by the hype surrounding ChatGPT, with the bot able to answer complex questions, identify flaws in arguments, write marketing copy, improve essays, and more. However, concerns remain around the potential misuse of such powerful AI tools.