This article applies to: All Microsoft Copilot experiences — personal accounts (Personal, Family, Premium, Pro), work or school accounts, and free Copilot Chat.
Vision in Microsoft Copilot lets you share your desktop screen or your mobile device's camera and ask Copilot about what you’re sharing. Copilot analyzes the visual content in real time, giving you insights, explanations, and guidance grounded in both the shared content and your work data.
Note
Vision is available with a Microsoft Copilot license and a work account, or with a Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscription and a personal Microsoft account. Vision is only available during a voice conversation with Copilot.
What you need to access vision in Copilot
- Work or school account: A Microsoft Copilot license, signed in with your work ir school account.
- Personal account: A Microsoft 365 Personal, Family, or Premium subscription, signed in with your personal Microsoft account.
- Microphone access, because vision works during a voice conversation with Copilot.
- On mobile, permission for the Microsoft Copilot app to use your device camera.
- A desktop (Windows or web) to share your screen, or the Microsoft Copilot mobile app to share your camera.
Start a voice conversation with Copilot
You use vision during a voice conversation with Copilot. Start a voice chat with Copilot from any of these places:
- The Microsoft Copilot Chat input box.
- Copilot key or Win+C shortcut on Windows.
- The Microsoft Copilot mobile app.
Once in a voice chat, you need to select the screen share arrow on desktop or the camera icon on mobile devices to start vision in Copilot.
You can stop sharing your screen with Copilot by selecting the Stop sharing button on desktop or re-selecting the camera icon on mobile devices. This action stops sharing your screen with Copilot, but it won’t stop the voice chat.
To learn earn more about how to use vision in Copilot, see Use vision in Microsoft Copilot. Vision availability might vary while features roll out. To learn more, see Supported regions and languages in Microsoft Copilot.
The first time you use vision, Copilot might ask you to acknowledge a privacy notice.
Try these starter tasks with these prompts
Once you’re sharing, talk to Copilot the way you’d ask a colleague. Here are a few ways to begin:
- “What are the key trends in this dashboard, and how do they compare with the report I reviewed last month?”
- “Look at this banner and the feedback I received. What changes should I make first?”
- “I’m stuck on this screen. Walk me through the next steps to complete this task.”
Tips for best results using vision in Copilot
- Keep the content you’re asking about on screen and avoid switching windows too quickly so Copilot answers about the right thing.
- Make sure your microphone is on. Vision works through voice.
- Each vision conversation is independent. Copilot doesn’t reuse screens or camera input from earlier chats.
- Vision helps you understand what you're sharing, but it doesn't act for you. Copilot might highlight parts of the screen, but it won't click, type, or scroll.