Copilot Could Diagnose Your PC—If It Doesn’t Slow It Down

Microsoft is testing PC Insights, a new Copilot feature designed to diagnose Windows computers through natural-language questions. Instead of opening Task Manager or Windows settings, users could ask about their system’s condition and receive an explanation or recommendation.

What PC Insights can check

According to Windows Latest, users could ask Copilot whether their PC has enough free space to install a 100 GB game. The assistant would check available storage and return an answer. It could also report processor load, battery condition and other hardware details.

A Microsoft support document discovered by Windows Latest says PC Insights will be able to:

• Analyze CPU, RAM and GPU usage
• Calculate available space on storage drives
• Check folder sizes
• Identify connected USB devices, external drives, printers and webcams
• Report the status of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections

The feature will require user permission for hardware-related requests. Copilot must receive access to the computer’s data each time unless the user enables a persistent-permission mode. It will not be able to open individual files, and at this stage it is intended to identify potential problems rather than fix them.

There is a notable catch: Copilot itself may consume substantial system resources. In tests cited by Windows Latest, the current Copilot app used up to 1 GB of RAM while idle. It also requires additional storage because it ships with its own copy of the Microsoft Edge browser.

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PC Insights could help users who struggle to diagnose computer problems manually, but its usefulness will depend partly on how resource-intensive Copilot remains.