

IT admins can still customize the Edge sidebar experienceĪs of today, IT Pros can use the HubsSidebarEnabled policy to allow or block the sidebar for Edge users. This new auto-hide feature is nice, though the new Bing icon may look slightly intrusive for Edge users. At the bottom, users can also get more information about the website including traffic information.Ĭlicking on the Bing icon makes the Edge sidebar and the Edge Copilot experience stick, but you can also just hover your mouse over the Bing icon to make the sidebar appear. The “Insights” tab of the Edge Copilot experience can also identify relevant information about the web page that’s currently open. The new Edge Copilot experience in the sidebar (Image credit: Petri/Laurent Giret) From there, users can ask questions to the Bing Chatbot or use its “generative AI” capabilities to create content about any topic.

Microsoft released Edge version 111 on Windows, macOS, and Linux last week, and this update brought a noticeable UI change: There’s now a big Bing button at the right side of the Edge toolbar, which integrates the new Edge Copilot experience that leverages Microsoft’s Bing chatbot powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT.Ĭlicking the Bing icon in the toolbar opens the new Edge Copilot experience within the Edge sidebar (if users have signed up for the Bing preview).
