Microsoft Edge’s new Copilot Mode turns on more AI features

Microsoft is joining the AI browser question with the authoritative motorboat of a caller “Copilot Mode” successful Edge. The option, first announced successful July, turns Copilot into your portal to the web, with each caller tab opening a chat model wherever you tin either inquire a question, behaviour a search, oregon participate a URL.

Copilot Mode ties Microsoft’s AI adjunct much intimately to Edge, arsenic it combines AI-generated responses, hunt results, and navigation into 1 window. It besides draws from each of your tabs — not conscionable the 1 you’re connected — allowing you to inquire Copilot to summarize the accusation successful each of your unfastened windows oregon comparison products successful each one.

Though Microsoft antecedently launched Copilot Mode arsenic an experimental feature, it’s present disposable for everyone to try, alongside a fewer caller features disposable successful a constricted preview. That includes an agentic Copilot Actions diagnostic that tin bash things similar unsubscribe from selling emails oregon publication a preservation connected your behalf. 

Just similar the other AI browsers out there, Copilot’s agentic features conscionable aren’t wholly reliable yet. Copilot displays a informing earlier taking enactment that says the instrumentality is “intended for probe and valuation purposes” and “can marque mistakes.” When I asked it to delete an email, for example, Copilot said it deleted it, but failed to really bash so. It besides lied astir sending an email that it composed straight successful Gmail. The adjunct did, however, successfully unsubscribe from a mailing list.

Outside of my email inbox, Copilot struggled to marque a preservation for maine astatine the Hard Rock Cafe successful New York City. I asked it to publication a slot connected November 26th, and adjacent though it told maine it selected a preservation for that date, the AI instrumentality chose October 26th instead.

Copilot Mode successful Edge tin present usage your browsing past to supply amended responses — but lone if you springiness it permission. Microsoft is launching Journeys successful preview arsenic well. Journeys is an AI-powered diagnostic that organizes your browsing past into topics and makes suggestions astir what to hunt for next. I didn’t browse capable utilizing the caller acquisition to spot my ain Journeys, but it seems similar it mightiness assistance you rapidly dive backmost into a taxable you often revisit.

You tin crook connected Copilot Mode by downloading Edge and toggling connected the power on Microsoft’s website. If you’re based successful the US, you tin besides scroll down to alteration Copilot Actions and Copilot Journeys successful preview.