For the first time in 12 years, Microsoft has revealed that it will be raising the cost of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home plans. This price adjustment is accompanied by the introduction of Copilot to these subscriptions, enabling users to employ Copilot within Office applications without requiring a separate Copilot Pro subscription.
I’ve noticed that the company has announced an increase in subscription costs for Microsoft 365 within the U.S., effective immediately. The new monthly rates are $9.99 for Microsoft 365 Personal and $12.99 for Microsoft 365 Home, marking a rise of $3 from the previous prices. Although Microsoft claims this adjustment isn’t related to their upcoming Copilot feature, it seems that the only new inclusions in these subscriptions as of now are Copilot and Microsoft Designer – an interesting development indeed.
For a brief period, Microsoft is offering a “classic” subscription tier as an option for those who prefer not to have Copilot in their Microsoft 365 plan. This choice is suitable for Home and Personal subscribers who want to revert to the previous version of the service without Copilot. Keep in mind that this “classic” subscription won’t be available indefinitely, as per Microsoft’s announcement.
Should you be content with the price increase and the addition of Copilot within Office, here’s a glimpse into the fresh adventures that await you moving forward:
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If you’re okay with the price bump and the arrival of Copilot in Office, let me share some exciting new experiences coming up:
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In case the price hike and the debut of Copilot in Office sit well with you, here’s a peek at what’s to come next:
Each version offers a slightly different emphasis but maintains the original meaning.
- Word: features Draft and Chat. Draft mode lets users generate text inside new or existing Word documents, formatted and presented based on criteria set out by the user. Chat mode acts as an AI assistant for the Word app, allowing users to ask Copilot questions about how to use Word, suggestions on what content to include in a particular document, and help with controlling features within the app.
- PowerPoint: features much of the same capabilities as it does in Word, including the ability to create a PowerPoint presentation from scratch based on criteria provided by the user. It can even analyze an existing Word document and create a presentation based off the information inside it.
- Excel: analyze tables and help show correlations, suggest new formulas based on questions asked by the user, and generate insights that help explore data in a spreadsheet. It can format and organize your data, create visualizations, or ask for general formula column suggestions based on your data.
- OneNote: helps you draft ideas, plans, and organize information within your Notebooks. It can also format content and create lists based on criteria provided by the user.
- Outlook: can summarize emails from friends, family, and colleagues and draft a response based on a specific tone, length, and format specified by the user. Copilot can also pull information and data from other emails to provide context in an email thread, useful for when you are dealing with multiple email chains.
Despite the price increase, Microsoft has set limitations on Copilot usage for Home and Personal subscriptions. These restrictions are managed through monthly AI credits that get automatically allocated to your account. If you desire unrestricted access to Copilot within Office, you’ll need to upgrade to the Copilot Pro subscription, which carries an additional cost of $20 per month.
It is not specified by the company how many AI credits are provided monthly for both the standard Home and Personal subscription plans.
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2025-01-17 08:11