Yousuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President and Chief Consumer Marketing Officer, Microsoft
two weeks ago, Introducing the world to the new Bing with AI and Microsoft Edge, your “co-pilot” for the web. Since then, thanks to the great and positive feedback about the product, we have welcomed the preview version to over one million people in 169 countries who were on the waiting list. We continue to expand Preview to more people every day. Our community is actively using the new search, reply, chat and creation features with a significant increase in engagement. Feedback on the new features is positive: 71% of users who tried out the new Bing gave a “thumbs up” to the new search and answer features. We are particularly pleased with the expansion of notes We’re getting information about where and how we can improve, and we’re acting accordingly. regular updates,
We’re seeing some interesting use cases and questions in early testing. I recently heard the story of a father who introduced his son to the new Bing, and together they discovered and built it in a way that is not easy with today’s search engines. They began by creating sci-fi stories using simple chat questions, which eventually led to the development of an idea for a video game in which Bing helped create not only a plot, but a visual programming feed directly into Scratch. Also prepared the code to do this. tool. In just a few questions, he demonstrated the wow-wow and potential of the new Bing and Edge. We hear a lot of similar stories about how the new Bing is helping people discover and be creative in ways that weren’t possible before.
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In this spirit of continuous learning and innovation, we are pleased to share today’s edition Preview of the new Bing and Edge mobile apps. We’ve started rolling out these amazing capabilities of the new Bing and Edge to smartphones, as well as some exciting new features like voice input. In addition, we launched a new chat experience, starting with Skype, to enhance social interaction with friends and family.
The new Bing and Edge for mobile, now with voice access
We realize that 64% of searches are done on mobile phones, so we’ve launched new mobile apps for Bing and Edge that will serve as co-pilots for the web, even when you’re not on your desktop computer. Be
Imagine you make an unexpected stop in a new city. When you plan a short stopover in Tokyo, you ask Bing to help you find a place to store your luggage. Next, he gives you tips on navigating the subway system on your way to the famous Shinjuku Station. With a few hours left, Bing creates a short itinerary to help you make the most of your time in the city, and even translates for you along the way.
Available today for iOS and Android, the Bing mobile app offers a fresh design and feel. Tapping on the Bing icon at the bottom will open a chat session that you can participate in, just like on desktop. Ask simple or complex questions and get answers and quotes. Choose how you want your answers to be displayed: by dots, text or simplified answers. Explore the Bing Chat experience to refine your question or create an email, poem or list.
With the launch of the new Bing mobile app, we added one of the most requested features from the community: voice search. Voice search is available for both mobile and desktop when it comes to asking questions and getting answers from Bing.
In addition, those who have access to the version Preview They will be able to access the new Bing experience from the home page of the Microsoft Edge mobile app.
Bing gets more social with Skype
To better assist you when you communicate with friends and family, we’re introducing Bing for Skype, powered by artificial intelligence. More than 36 million people around the world use Skype every day to connect via phone calls and chats. In this context, the new Bing will allow for new scenarios and useful and fun capabilities.
Imagine being your “co-pilot” to help you stay in touch with your friends and family and plan your next conversation. Just add Bing to a group, like you would a Skype contact, and you can ask it to answer questions and provide information to the whole group. For example, if your family is talking about an upcoming family reunion, simply ask Bing for suggestions on travel destinations, weather forecasts, and interesting events around your travel date, and have everyone in the chat Results will be accessible. When you’re contacting your friends, you can ask Bing to search the web for information, like the latest news or last night’s awards, to add to the conversation.
You can choose how you want the answers to be displayed: in numbers, text, or simplified. Bing can adapt to your preferences. Bing speaks over 100 languages and is able to translate between them, bringing unique capabilities to this global communication tool.
The new Bing in Skype, available in version starting today Preview Worldwide, the assistant can provide real-time answers to all your questions. As we continue to learn and refine this amazing new feature, we plan to bring it to other communication apps like Teams in the future.
If you currently enjoy the version Preview With Bing, you’ll be able to access these features all day today. If you’re one of those waiting for access, we appreciate both your patience and your enthusiasm. We work as fast as possible to connect as many people as possible every day. If you want to try it for yourself, sign up now version Preview de bing, We hope you enjoy the new features and keep sharing your feedback so we can continue to improve the product for you.