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Bandino123
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

NEW Microsoft CoPilot app - won't install until iOS 26.0 (!!) is installed? What??

Apparently, the Microsoft Copilot (Legacy) app has been updated and now requires the user to download a brand new version of it. When I try to download the new version on my iphone (which is on the newest iOS, I get a warning that I need to update the iOS to iOS 26.0. This doesn't exist. I've looked into this and it may be an apple store error. It says that I could report it to the developer of the app or report it to the apple store as a bug. But anything else I can do? This is so bizarre. I am also having a problem with using CoPilot on a PC - it wants me to upload a new app on the Microsoft Store. So it's not necessarily JUST an apple problem. But partially. Anyone heard of such craziness? What to do?

Posted on Oct 25, 2026 7:19 PM

4 replies

Carol B.
User level: Level 7 (22,975 points)

Oct 29, 2026 5:08 AM in response to DogMom13

DogMom13 wrote:
I want Copilot Legacy back. Those of us who can’t get iOS26 are left with no copilot capability.
you warn iOS26 is required for the new copilot and made no mention as to ‘legacy’ will not be available.
Legacy should be made available. I have iOS18 and that means I can’t get Copilot.
anything iOS20 and above automatically changes to iOS26.

Please take this up with Microsoft. It was their decision and they are the ones who should have warned you. Apple cannot take responsibility for warning users of thrid party apps that a change is coming to those apps.

Mac Jim ID
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)

Oct 25, 2026 10:51 PM in response to Bandino123

Microsoft dropped support for their legacy app and now requires iOS 26 for the CoPilot app in the App Store. The old legacy app is no longer available. They did the same thing on the PC where the legacy app has been replaced and also on Android phones.


You can read a bit more here, but there are many reports (mostly complaints) for what they did that can be found by a Google search:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5998563/what-happened-to-my-copilot


Sorry, but it is not an App Store error, the legacy app was removed by Microsoft and their new consolidated app requires iOS 26.

DogMom13
User level: Level 1 (8 points)

Oct 29, 2026 3:21 AM in response to Bandino123

I want Copilot Legacy back. Those of us who can’t get iOS26 are left with no copilot capability.

you warn iOS26 is required for the new copilot and made no mention as to ‘legacy’ will not be available.

Legacy should be made available. I have iOS18 and that means I can’t get Copilot.

anything iOS20 and above automatically changes to iOS26.


Mac Jim ID
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)

Oct 29, 2026 6:43 AM in response to DogMom13

DogMom13 wrote:
I want Copilot Legacy back.

Not sure why you are posting that on an Apple Community site. CoPilot is a Microsoft product where they no longer support the Legacy app on any device, including Windows and Android. It is there decision alone to choose to drop support for your device and there is nothing Apple can do about it.


I have iOS18 and that means I can’t get Copilot. anything iOS20 and above automatically changes to iOS26.

There is no such thing as iOS 20 and above that changes to iOS 26, or even iOS 19. After iOS 18, the version numbers represent the year for use of the iOS versions. It is not actually the launch year, since new iOS versions are typically released in September, the use year represented by the version number starts in January. For example iOS 27 was just recently released and available on supported devices.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256382953