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Former Employee

Nov 19, 2019

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Ask Cortana / Ask Bing - Discussion

Hello Insiders! You have told us that you really want the Ask Cortana / Ask Bing feature in our next version of Microsoft Edge. In the current version of Microsoft Edge, you can select text or ...

mayusuf
May 20, 2020
Hello Insiders!

Thank you so much for your feedback. We are excited to announce sidebar search - the first step in our evolution of contextual search in the new Microsoft Edge.

You can find more details about sidebar search in this post - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/introducing-sidebar-search-in-microsoft-edge/m-p/1406242

Thanks!

Rohit Yadav

Bronze Contributor

Nov 19, 2019

Hi,
Please consider all of the features in "Ask Cortana" from the old Microsoft Edge. Plus, please support this ability on PDF files also, along with the define prompt tooltip in PDF files....🙂

HotCakeX
MVP
Nov 23, 2019
Hi,
I'm curious to know how Cortana can be used on PDF files, I can't personally think of anything 🙂
- matt_bits
  Iron Contributor
  Jan 10, 2020
  HotCakeX
  The Cortana can be used to search phrases from PDF in the internet. For example, you could select "Bill Clinton" and select Ask Cortana. In side panel you can reach information about Bill Clinton to mark something on PDF document.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 10, 2020
    I see, but does a simple side panel like that or right-click and search for a phrase need something like an AI (Artificial Intelligence)?
    Vivaldi browser has the exact same functionality, it's even more feature rich, yet it doesn't use any AI like Cortana.
    
    my point is, if Microsoft is deciding to use Cortana, at least make it worth the effort. make the browser really smart, something that is on the same level as an AI, not like a simple side bar to show search results..
    
    Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri, they are all AIs too and look what they can do..