Microsoft has announced that its Designer app, an AI-powered tool that generates visuals and designs from text prompts, has moved beyond the beta phase and is now accessible to all users on iOS and Android. This expansion marks a significant step in making AI-assisted design widely available across mobile platforms and aligns with Microsoft’s broader vision for accessible creative tools that fit into everyday workflows.
The web version supports more than 80 languages and the app is offered as a free mobile experience alongside a version that ships with Windows. Designer provides prompt templates to help beginners jumpstart their creative process, and these templates can be personalized and shared with others, enabling teams to collaborate more effectively on visual projects.
Beyond stickers, emojis, photos, wallpapers, monograms, and avatars, Designer enables image styling through AI. In upcoming updates, a new feature will allow users to change image backgrounds using simple text commands, expanding the range of rapid visual edits available in a single tool.
Designer also integrates with Word and PowerPoint via Copilot. Copilot Pro users can generate visuals directly within their standard workspaces, expanding the potential for on-the-fly visual content in documents and presentations. Microsoft plans to extend these capabilities by enabling banner creation for Word documents based on the content they contain, helping users produce cohesive, branded materials with less effort.
Moreover, Microsoft is weaving Designer more deeply into the Photos experience on Windows 11. Users will be able to leverage AI to edit photos, remove unwanted objects or backgrounds, and automatically crop images within the Photos app, streamlining post-processing tasks and enhancing the overall photo management workflow.
Historically, some Japanese technology firms publicly opposed the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, citing concerns about its impact on workers and existing business models. This speaks to a broader global dialogue about how AI is integrated into everyday tools and the responsibilities that come with deploying powerful creative capabilities. The current trajectory from Microsoft reflects a push to democratize AI-assisted design while offering features built to fit professional and personal use cases alike. (Source attribution: Microsoft official announcements)