

As you may recall - or might have experienced directly - the AI icon as implemented is really just a link to the Bing chatbot in Edge.Īnd now, on top of that, we find out that this functionality is just a limited part of a rotation system for the search box content. Indeed, as we've seen, Microsoft made it seem like this was a full integration of the chatbot on the taskbar, and it was quickly determined that this wasn't the case. This seems a bit odd, though, as the announcement of the Moment 2 update in the usual lengthy blog post did make a big thing out of the AI arriving on the taskbar. We welcome those in the preview to give us feedback so we can continue to learn and tune the experience over time." We will continue to rotate content over time, including the Bing icon.

"The Bing icon in the Search Box is being shown through the existing Search Highlights feature which shows daily rotating content. So, what will happen is we'll get these search highlight icons (as was happening previously), but at times, the Bing chatbot icon will be rotated back in among this roster. Popular Now: Journalist receives USB drive bomb that exploded when he plugged it inĪs you may have noticed, the search box on the taskbar is now carrying 'search highlights' where the Bing AI icon was (today's is the Holi Festival of Colors for example).
