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Microsoft is working on another major update for Bing AI, this time going mobile. Latest batch arrives a few weeks after one Previous announcement of various desktop improvements And we have a lot to cover.
Getting started with the Bing app (opens in new tab), users will be able to add a Bing Chat widget to their “iOS or Android home screen”. This gives you direct access to the AI with the option to type your query in a text window or select the microphone icon to ask questions verbally. You can start fresh with a new chat or continue with an old one because Microsoft is enabling the oft-requested “continuous conversation across platforms.” So now conversations with Bing on desktop can continue on mobile devices and vice versa.
Last bing app The update sees the AI gaining new support for multiple countries and languages, opening it up to more people around the world. Unfortunately, a list of all the new support wasn’t included in the post (though we asked). Microsoft also claims that “the quality of non-English chat has been improved.” However, the company did not provide any details on the level of improvement.
extension of support
Moving to another app, SwiftKey There will be a compose feature to help you compose the text “according to the parameters you suggest”. These parameters include subject matter, tone, length and format, the last of which is useful for drafting the email. Of course, you can edit those drafts. Two new tones are also being added to SwiftKey – witty and funny – bringing the total to six. So, if you want Bing to make some catchy dad jokes, you can (just make sure you use this power wisely). On top of all that, the AI-powered translator on Android will migrate to iOS “within the next week.”
edge browser app Getting contextual chat that allows users to ask a question based on the content Bing is viewing. Examples given are that you can ask the AI what wine would go best with a recipe you’re looking at, or write a summary of an article you’re looking at. Learning will also become a little easier thanks to the selected lesson activities. Highlighting a piece of text will open a conversation with Bing where it will explain that topic in detail with “sources cited”.
And finally, each group chat Skype Will have access to generative AI. All you have to do is tag it in a discussion by entering “@Bing”.
availability
The release dates for all of these features are all over the place, which is why it wasn’t mentioned earlier. Skype updates, the SwiftKey Compose tool, and the Bing widget are being released this week (week of May 14, 2023). Next week, we’ll look at continuous conversations with the translator tool. Everything else is unknown apart from the vague “soon”.
We asked Microsoft if it could provide us with dates for the undescribed features and a list of new supported countries and languages. This story will be updated later.
While we’ve got you TechRadar’s list to see Best AI Tools for 2023 To see what the technology is capable of. It’s not just a helper or a content generator.
