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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!

AnphirAddoN

Iron Contributor

Nov 30, 2019

That is an option of the old browser that stood out before the other browsers, I also think it is important to add the option to select only one word to be able to translate it, option that if it exists in the old Edge, and not in the new one, translates the whole page and I would like you to add both options that are very helpful to me personally. I hope you'll add both functions. Ask Cortana, is an option like yourself you mention it of being able to search for something without leaving the window, a quick view; for example: of a meaning of a word, a quick response to a doubt of a word you find, and good for me if that option serves me a lot and I've been waiting a lot for it, is one of the reasons why I don't totally switch to the new Edge.

Drew1903

Silver Contributor

Nov 30, 2019

AnphirAddoN

Can add your name to the ever-growing list of countless people praising these same things & wanting them to be kept in Edge C. Team needs to hear & know how important these things are & to so very many End Users and make sure these items & features continue! And besides being handy Ask Cortana does a fine job and if not enough, at that point one can go on to Bing from there, if necessary.

Cheers,
Drew

HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 02, 2019
Look, Opera has an extension for this, do they have Cortana or any kind of AI? Nope

https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/sidebar-for-googletm-search/
- FedeDiLo
  Iron Contributor
  Dec 05, 2019
  HotCakeX More than that, they have the instantbsearch feature, also without any add-ons.
  Instead of having a sidebar search, the new search appears on top of the website you're using, without the need to open a new tab.
  - Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Dec 07, 2019
    FedeDiLo
    
    "without the need to open a new tab.", F
    
    That ^ is the big deal to all this!
    
    Cheers,
    Drew
HotCakeX
MVP
Dec 01, 2019
Ask Cortana = Ask Bing = Ask Google, it's not AI. it's just a button that Any browser can have without Cortana. there are extensions that can do it.
so you need to look up the definition of artificial intelligence.
Microsoft shot their own leg by removing Cortana from Android.