Microsoft brings Bing AI features to Edge sidebar: Here’s how it works

The stable version of Microsoft Edge is finally getting the new AI-powered features called Chat and Compose.

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The Edge sidebar can also automatically hide itself when not in use. (Image Source: Microsoft)

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Last month, Microsoft unveiled the new AI-powered Bing search with ChatGPT-like features. The company also announced that it will be updating Edge with AI features like Chat and Compose integrated in the browser sidebar.

And it looks like the new features are now available on the latest version of Microsoft Edge, which happens to be version 111.0.1661.41. According to the Edge release notes, the above-mentioned features will be accessible from the Bing icon on the top right of the screen.

“Available today, Chat, Create and Compose with the new Bing in the Edge sidebar. Now in the latest version of Edge and rolling out to Bing preview users. Enjoy!” https://t.co/PBJ8LLe9Mz pic.twitter.com/No3NCXBncU

— Yusuf Mehdi (@yusuf_i_mehdi) March 14, 2023

To give you a quick recap, the ‘Chat’ feature lets you ask questions or quickly summarize the contents of a webpage or a document while ‘Compose’ is basically a writing assistant like ChatGPT that can help you generate text, social media posts and emails and even lets users set the tone and the length of the text. The currently available list of tones includes professional, enthusiastic, casual, informational and funny.

Apart from enabling AI-powered co-pilot features on the latest version of Edge, Microsoft also enhanced the sidebar experience with the new auto-hide functionality, which works similar to the Windows taskbar auto-hide option, appearing only when users need it. Users will also be able to hover over the Bing icon on the top right of the screen to make the sidebar visible.

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