Microsoft introduces Copilot mode in Edge- an example of how AI is the key driver of change in how we interact and conduct searches across the web.
Traditionally, you would open a tab (or tabs) in a browser, input a query, read a page or multiple ones, and repeat until you’ve found what you were looking for. Most didn’t realize that traditional browsers didn’t do as much as it was supposed to.
It helped with simple problem-solving. But the principal nitpicking of pages through the SERPs was manually done by the users.
AI has spotlighted this limitation for us. And helped reshape how we interact with browsers.
Cue in: Copilot mode in Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft launches a new Copilot mode in its Edge browser under a single inference: Is your browser working for you as much as it should?
Source: Microsoft
The answer is a realization. We want our browsers to make browsing convenient and efficient. But it’s not conventionally the case.
However, with the Copilot mode, artificial intelligence is awakening us to the reality of innovative, intuitive, and advanced browsing. Enabling this feature affords Edge users AI features that enhance the user experience.
You aren’t left sifting through endless tabs. Copilot mode works with you as a collaborator on all your actions. It streamlines chat, search, and web navigation in one place, helping you take the next step faster.
This AI-powered function reads across all the open tabs and coordinates with users in case they want to handle other tasks. They must simply instruct the chatbot to do so. It will read through all open tabs to curate the whole picture and understand the overall context of your actions.
And unlike traditional browsers, it doesn’t wait for users to click but instead anticipates their intent and action. Microsoft has designed the Copilot mode to support natural voice navigation.
Want to do less typing and clicking and more instructing? Copilot will do it for you.
And you’ve seamless access to it across all webpages. Users don’t need to go to Copilot; it’s present in a dynamic pane while the original page remains intact.
Copilot mode represents convenience and accessibility in a unified platform.
Before this, we had a limited insight into what browsers can do for us. What it afforded us was of ample significance. But AI has jolted us awake from this stupor.
Combined with this modern tech’s prowess, web navigation has become tenfold smoother. Search is gradually sweeping into a more minimalistic and seamless experience.
And removed our analysis paralysis of navigating through a hundred result pages to land on solutions promptly and with elevated accuracy.