Live Portraits with user-customizable avatars are now in testing for Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft is building a new feature for its AI assistant, Copilot, called Live Portraits, spotted by TestingCatalog. It’s still experimental and not available yet, but it looks like it will give users a dedicated interface to choose from different visual styles of male and female figures. But hold your horses; if you could click on one right now, it would just send you to a bare-bones placeholder for voice chats.

The idea here seems to be Microsoft trying to make Copilot feel a bit more like a real, visual thing you are talking to, not just a disembodied voice, maybe even letting people cook up their own custom avatars down the line. TestingCatalog also uncovered internal references to "3D generations," though details on how it works remain scarce, with TestingCatalog claiming the company "might be building out real-time, visually expressive characters—akin to animated assistants powered by generative media."

Now, this whole Live Portraits business makes you wonder what is going to happen with that "Copilot Characters" AI personas idea that was floated around before. As TestingCatalog notes, it is entirely possible Microsoft will just mash both concepts together, giving you a range from fixed, cartoony characters to these more customizable 3D portraits. The difference seems to be that while "Characters" were more for fun and casual use, Live Portraits appear to be aimed at adults who want a polished, professional-looking avatar for their AI assistant.

Microsoft is apparently testing Live Portraits alongside some other significant upgrades, like better OneDrive uploads and updates to Copilot Pages and Memories.

The new portrait-style system will probably be arriving on the web first, particularly in areas where Copilot handles voice interactions. The desktop version might follow later.

Source and Images: TestingCatalog

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