{"id":31492,"date":"2025-07-29T16:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/31492\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:50:16","slug":"microsoft-edge-transforms-into-an-ai-browser-with-new-copilot-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/31492\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Edge transforms into an AI browser with new Copilot Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is starting to test a new experimental Copilot Mode inside its Edge browser today. The AI-powered mode allows Copilot to search across all your open tabs and handle tasks like booking a restaurant, and it brings the Copilot chatbot to your new tab page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Copilot Mode is somewhere between the limited Gemini integration that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/google\/673659\/gemini-google-chrome-integration-agentic-era\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google is testing in Chrome<\/a> and the AI-powered overhaul that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/709025\/perplexity-comet-ai-browser-chrome-competitor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Comet offers<\/a> with its AI browser. You can let Copilot see all your open tabs so you can ask it to compare a bunch of hotels you might be looking at or help summarize the best purchase from multiple product tabs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Copilot in Edge also supports voice navigation to locate information on a website or to open tabs with products to compare. Microsoft is also planning to let Copilot, with your permission, access your Edge browser history and credentials so the chatbot can book reservations on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">These new Copilot features in Edge build on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/9\/21\/23883798\/microsoft-copilot-unified-windows-11-apps-launch-date\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">existing integration<\/a> of Microsoft\u2019s AI assistant in its browser and the work the company has been doing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/650259\/microsoft-copilot-can-now-see-whats-on-your-screen-in-edge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Copilot Vision<\/a>. \u201cCopilot will soon be able to guide you in your tasks and organize your browsing \u2014 past and present \u2014 into helpful, topic-based journeys,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/msedgedev\/?p=26006\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says Sean Lyndersay<\/a>, vice president of product for Microsoft Edge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">For those not interested in this AI-powered mode in Edge, Microsoft says it will be optional and you\u2019ll be able to disable it. \u201cWith Copilot Mode, you can also choose to turn the experience on and off as you wish through your Edge settings,\u201c Lyndersay says. \u201dIf you choose not to turn on Copilot Mode, you can continue to browse on Edge as usual.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Microsoft is calling Copilot Mode an \u201cexperimental\u201d feature that will evolve over time. It\u2019s also \u201cfree for a limited time,\u201d with usage limits on certain Copilot features. This suggests that Microsoft will eventually tie this new mode to some kind of subscription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft is starting to test a new experimental Copilot Mode inside its Edge browser today. 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