# Gemini and Copilot integration, dedicated keys and browser sidebars **URL:** \ **Category:** Artificial Intelligence\ **Tags:** ai, discussion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503 "2026-01-25T07:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/user_avatar/jtechforums.org/dev-in-the-bm_2.0/32/969_2.png) [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503/1 "2026-01-25T07:11:54Z")
Okay, it looks like I was a bit out of the loop. > [@Turning off smartphones and power-button assistant shortcuts](https://jtechforums.org/t/turning-off-smartphones-and-power-button-assistant-shortcuts/9504/2): > > We can all sit and bash Microsoft for being horrible, but not Apple and Samsung for burying _shutdown_ in a menu. And making the Power key into an AI button, forcing it down our throats, but no one bashes them about it. Only when Microsoft puts a button on our keyboard they get trashed, and they are not replacing the entire power button. Crazy. I can’t talk for iPhone, but the difference between Gemini and Copilot is that Gemini is a good LLM, and was integrated well into Android and the apps it was added to. Copilot is a bad LLM wrapper, isn’t well integrated into anything, just stuffed into where it doesn’t belong without even being useful, so when Microsoft makes a dedicated Copilot key when people already have a bad experience with Copilot, it just gets them upset. ---
**Author:** ![DaWelch](https://jtechforums.org/user_avatar/jtechforums.org/dawelch/32/5235_2.png) [@DaWelch](https://jtechforums.org/u/DaWelch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503/2 "2026-01-25T07:14:40Z")
> [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](#): > > Copilot is a bad LLM wrapper That isn’t the half of it > **[Why clicking the wrong Copilot link could put your data at risk](https://www.foxnews.com/tech/why-clicking-wrong-copilot-link-could-put-your-data-risk)** > > Microsoft Copilot security vulnerability allows attackers to steal data through malicious links. Learn how the attack works, and protect yourself. They claimed it was fixed though ---
**Author:** ![Flippy](https://jtechforums.org/user_avatar/jtechforums.org/flippy/32/100_2.png) [@Flippy](https://jtechforums.org/u/Flippy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503/3 "2026-01-25T07:19:58Z")
Yes, I definitely agree. It’s nasty of them to force garbage into our start menus on our desktop and on our keyboard. But like, I also have to say I don’t hate Copilot. I use Microsoft Edge. It opens in Sidebar. It’s relevant to the tabs I have open. It’s everything that [everybody loves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWGkNvfkMys) about **Comet** Browser, just with a slightly dumber (FREE) AI. Yes, they forced this garbage on me- and yes I took it because it’s easier than resisting. Like I can go fight and uninstall it and then they’ll just put it back with the next update. I give up Microsoft, you win. (But I do remove all their garbage ads and homepage stuff that I really don’t want to see) ---
**Author:** ![Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/user_avatar/jtechforums.org/dev-in-the-bm_2.0/32/969_2.png) [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:53am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503/4 "2026-01-25T07:53:30Z")
Dunno, the updates on _my_ laptop don’t add in any AI garbage… ---
**Author:** ![DaWelch](https://jtechforums.org/user_avatar/jtechforums.org/dawelch/32/5235_2.png) [@DaWelch](https://jtechforums.org/u/DaWelch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503/5 "2026-01-25T07:54:54Z")
[@admins](https://jtechforums.org/groups/admins) can we PLEASE add in a 🙄 reaction ---
**Author:** ![Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/user_avatar/jtechforums.org/dev-in-the-bm_2.0/32/969_2.png) [@Dev-in-the-BM\_2.0](https://jtechforums.org/u/Dev-in-the-BM_2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://jtechforums.org/t/gemini-and-copilot-integration-dedicated-keys-and-browser-sidebars/9503/6 "2026-10-07T13:31:05Z")
> **[How many products does Microsoft have named ‘Copilot’? I mapped every one](https://teybannerman.com/strategy/2026/03/31/how-many-microsoft-copilot-are-there.html)** > > Update (9 Apr 2026): Another one. A helpful person sent in Microsoft 365 Copilot for US Government. That's 81. Chart updated.