Microsoft Launches AI-Powered Bing for Mobile, Adds Voice Chat
Microsoft is bringing its AI-powered Bing to mobile devices and adding a new voice chat function.
Initially available only on the desktop, the chatbot has been added to the Android and iOS mobile apps for Bing, Edge, and Skype as a preview release, Microsoft announced(Opens in a new window) on Wednesday.
The other major news is the addition of voice chat; the ChatGPT-powered Bing can now converse with you verbally, making it more like Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant. The voice input is already available for the company’s Bing app and is also coming to the desktop.
However, the mobile version of the new Bing is only available for those who were admitted into the preview beta for AI-powered chatbot. So you’ll still need to sign up for the preview through Microsoft’s waitlist to get access.
Redmond called the voice chat “one of the preview community’s most requested features.” By default, the Bing mobile app will ask you to speak to the chatbot through voice input by tapping a microphone icon. For text input, you can hit the keyboard icon.
That said, your conversations may be brief. Last Friday, Microsoft imposed chat restrictions on the new Bing after revealing that long conversations can cause the AI-powered program to go off the rails. As a result, you can only start 60 chats per day and six chats per turn before the program.
To start a new topic, click the “broom” icon in the left corner. We encountered the chatbot timing out on certain queries, requiring us to start a new topic. Microsoft says: “In the first few days of testing these mobile experiences, you may occasionally find connectivity issues in low-bandwidth situations. We’re aware of the issue and are working on a fix."
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