Subj : Even Copilot haters might like Microsofts nifty new AI feature fo
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Date : Mon Jun 09 2025 15:45:08

Even Copilot haters might like Microsofts nifty new AI feature for its Edge 
browser

Date:
Mon, 09 Jun 2025 14:29:19 +0000

Description:
Cant find that website you visited the other week and forgot to bookmark? 
Microsoft Edge is drafting in AI to help you hunt it down.

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t Edge has two smart new features in beta testing AI will help you find 
websites in your browsing history A new media control center provides a hub 
for all media playback activity 

Have you ever found a useful web page, forgot to bookmark it, then remembered 
about it later, and had to go hunting through your browser history to try and 
find the site? This can be a frustrating experience, but Microsoft Edge is 
aiming to remove the pain from such a scenario. 

 Neowin reports that as of the beta release of Edge 138 for testers (version 
138.0.3351.14 to be precise), theres a new AI-powered web history search. 

Of course, you already get a search facility in Edges history (and the other 
best web browsers out there), but the new feature gives your search query a 
wider scope and the ability to use synonyms (and more besides). 

 Microsoft explains : Enhanced search finds sites in your History even when 
you use a synonym, phrase, or typo. 

In short, you can type something only vaguely related, and possibly make 
mistakes or typos when doing so, and AI will still be able to work out what 
youre looking for  and hopefully surface the correct website. 

Elsewhere in the beta of Edge 138, Microsoft has introduced a media control 
center. This is a central hub that allows for controlling any video or music 
playback thats currently underway within the browser, or other activity such 
as casting media to another device. 

Whatevers happening media-wise, you can deal with it from here, and the 
control center is opened by clicking the music note icon along from the 
address bar in Edge. Analysis: On-device model (Image credit: Future) 

Remember that these features are just in testing for the moment. On top of 
that, the AI-powered web history search is a limited rollout among testers, 
so even if you do run the beta of Edge, you may not see it for a while. 

In short, it may be some time before this functionality progresses to the 
release version of the browser, but its inbound. And with Microsoft keen to 
expand AI powers however it can, I cant imagine this is a feature thats in 
any danger of being discarded. 

For those worried about privacy in terms of AI hooking its tendrils into your 
web history, Microsoft is using an on-device model and the company promises 
that none of your data is ever sent off the device into the cloud, or to 
Microsofts servers. Furthermore, the feature needs to actively be enabled, 
rather than being on by default. You might also like Cant upgrade your laptop 
to Windows 11? Asus joins Microsofts campaign urging you to buy a new 
Copilot+ PC, and Im not sure thats wise Ive tried the Opera Air browser  here 
are 3 features that have already convinced me to ditch Chrome How to use 
Microsoft Edge



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/edge/even-copilot-haters-might-like-micros
ofts-nifty-new-ai-feature-for-its-edge-browser


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