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A big June update could bring Bing Chat to Chrome, Firefox and more
It feels like Bing Chat just got a major update at Microsoft Build. But it looks like the Microsoft chatbot powered by ChatGPT is getting another update in June — and it could bring my favorite feature yet.
According to Neowin, Bing Chat is getting an update sometime in June that could bring a variety of upgrades. This is based on tweets from Microsoft’s head of Advertising and Web Services, Mikhail Parakhin. When asked by Neowin for further details, Parakhin stated that Bing Chat will be able to handle larger conversations in Balanced mode and improvements for Bing Image Creator.
But for me, the big headline is the last thing Parakhin mentioned, which is “hopefully first experiments in enabling third-party browsers.”
In addition, larger context size for Balanced, big improvements in disengagement rate (especially for code writing), improvements in Bing Image Creator, hopefully first experiments in enabling third party browsers.May 30, 2023
The biggest knock against Bing Chat — aside from sometimes hallucinating — is that you can only use the popular chatbot in Microsoft’s Edge browser. Well, aside from the Bing mobile app, your Swiftkey keyboard and a multitude of other integrations. But if you wanted to use it on a web browser, you had to use Edge.
Now though, Edge’s reign of terror may finally come to an end, and that’s a big win for anyone looking to try Bing Chat. As someone who uses Google Chrome constantly, I find myself using ChatGPT more often than Bing’s ChatGPT alternative. But if I can use it in Chrome, I may find myself picking it over ChatGPT or even Google Search, though it has its own AI upgrade coming soon.
Parakhin did not specify which third-party browsers will get support first, and the way he uses “hopefully” means that this feature could ultimately miss out on the June update. But I think I speak for Chrome, Firefox and Safari users everywhere when I say this update can’t come soon enough. 
But the biggest change was the open plugin standard for ChatGPT and Bing Chat, which opens up both chatbots to a number of third-party plugins to supercharge the AIs. Bing Chat will also be integrated into Windows Copilot for Windows 11 to help you get things done on your Windows PC.
So it’s not a surprise that Microsoft would finally open up Bing Chat to Chrome and other browsers given that it’s made Bing Chat able to be integrated into just about everything else. In fact, you can even get it as a Chat widget on your iPhone or Android phone for even easier access on mobile.
If you haven’t tried out Bing Chat yet, now is a great time to give it a go. The waitlist is gone and the chatbot is now available to everyone, so check out our guide to using Bing with ChatGPT and get started today.
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Malcolm McMillan is a staff writer for Tom’s Guide, writing about the latest in tech, gaming and entertainment with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-based tools like ChatGPT. He has written up much of our coverage on the latest AI tools including ChatGPT, the new GPT-powered Bing and Google Bard. He also covers A/V tech such as televisions, soundbars and more, in addition to covering VR headsets from the Meta Quest 3 to the PS VR2.
Before writing for Tom’s Guide, Malcolm worked as a fantasy football analyst writing for several sites and also had a brief stint working for Microsoft selling laptops, Xbox products and even the ill-fated Windows phone. He is passionate about video games and sports, though both cause him to yell at the TV frequently. He proudly sports many tattoos, including an Arsenal tattoo, in honor of the team that causes him to yell at the TV the most.
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