Microsoft’s bosses are having ongoing discussions about whether to extend support for Windows 10 beyond October 2025, company sources have told our sister site Windows Central.
It comes as Microsoft plans to add more of Windows 11’s new tools to Windows 10, despite having previously said that it wouldn’t be adding any more new features to the operating system.
This would mark a significant change in strategy that suggests Microsoft accepts millions of Windows 10 users are never likely to upgrade to 11.
The most significant addition to Windows 10 will be the new AI tool Copilot, insiders said.
Microsoft brought Copilot to Windows 11 in September as part of the Moment 4 update. It has added only a few of that update’s tools to Windows 10, so it was widely assumed Copilot would be available on Windows 11 only.
As with Windows 11, it will have a Copilot button on the taskbar that you can click to open a sidebar for searching the internet and performing simple Windows tasks like opening Office apps, increasing volume and turning on dark mode (see screenshot).
Microsoft’s eagerness to bring Copilot to Windows 10 is being driven by the continuing popularity of the operating system. It’s still being used on around one billion computers, more than double the 400 million running Windows 11.
It hopes to persuade developers to build plug-ins for Copilot to make it capable of more tasks
