Welcome to the June 2025 update. This month, we're excited to spotlight new features that enhance Copilot's capabilities in Excel and deliver an improved iOS experience for our Insiders.
Excel for Windows, Mac, and web:
- Smarter Context Awareness for Copilot in Excel
Excel for Windows and Mac:
- Value tokens to visually indicate a data type or other rich format
Excel for web:
- Formula generation with Copilot from the grid upon "="
Excel for mobile:
- Open shared files on Android devices (Insiders)
- Seach for templates for iOS (Insiders) #FIA
Excel for Windows, Mac, and web
Smarter Context Awareness for Copilot in Excel
Copilot in Excel now intelligently infers the relevant table or data range based on your query, enhancing usability. Additionally, it visually highlights the inferred data for clarity. Read more here >
GIF showing how Copilot can select the correct table to retrieve data from.Excel for Windows and Mac
Value Tokens to visually indicate a data type or other rich format
Value tokens provide a clear visual indication that a cell contains a data type or other richer format. The addition of an icon next to the value further helps differentiate between data types in a spreadsheet. Read more here >
Value tokens provide a clear indicator that the cell contains a data typeExcel for web
Formula generation with Copilot from the grid upon "="
Type "=" anywhere on the grid or in the formula bar and ask Copilot to generate the formula in natural language. This feature is currently rolling out to all Copilot for the web users.
Excel for mobile
Open shared files on Android devices (Insiders)
We're extending the ability for recipients of shared files using their personal Microsoft account to open and view them in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android without signing in. To make edits or leave comments, they will still need to sign in with a Microsoft account.
This means that you can now confidently share documents, worksheets, and presentations, from your personal Microsoft account, and make them available for review with others while giving recipients an effortless way to open and view the content on their mobile devices. Read more here >
Search for templates for iOS (Insiders) #FIA
It is now simpler than ever to find the template you need in iOS. You can now search for templates by keywords in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Read more here >
Picture showing how to find a template using a keyword search.
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Special thanks to our Excel MVPs David Benaim, Bill Jelen, Alan Murray, and John Michaloudis for their contribution to this month's What's New in Excel article. David publishes weekly YouTube videos and regular LinkedIn posts about the latest innovations in Excel and more. Bill is the founder and host of MrExcel.com and the author of several books about Excel. Alan is an Excel trainer, author and speaker, best known for his blog computergaga.com and YouTube channel with the same name. John is the Founder & Chief Inspirational Officer at MyExcelOnline.com where he passionately teaches thousands of professionals how to use Excel to stand out from the crowd.
