Last Update: May 17, 2023, 3:42 PM IST
Widgets coming to both Android and iOS phones
The mobile version will eventually let you use chat on desktop as well.
Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing is coming to smartphones in the form of widgets. Ever since the company added ChatGPT to the search engine and its Edge web browser, the new-look Bing has been a hit on the desktop. And now it looks set to push the AI-centric arsenal to smartphones on both iOS and Android.
The Bing app on Android and iOS will get a new widget in the coming weeks that can be pinned to the homescreen, where you can ask ChatGPT-powered Bing to answer your questions.
The feature will support both text and voice queries and the answers will be presented in a conversational format similar to how you get Bing AI to work on desktop. Microsoft says that some AI features are coming to Bing on mobile right now, with more to be added in the coming months. It’s clear that companies are tired of bringing AI to mobile devices too quickly, and let it mature in the web ecosystem first.
Bing AI Chat is powered on GPT v4.0 which has got plugin support for users to browse the internet for answers. Bing AI’s mobile widget will also cater to the different types of responses you want from an AI chatbot. Like the web version, Bing AI can provide creative, balanced or precise answers.
But that’s not the end of Bing AI integration on mobile. Microsoft mentions that soon you’ll have cross-device chat history, so you can start a conversation on desktop and carry it over to the mobile version. Similarly, the Bing AI chatbot will soon be proficient with multilingual conversations. These two additions will be available on Android and iOS in the coming weeks.
