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Mobile Edge is adopting several AI skills from the desktop version.
You can ask for summaries of multiple open tabs and your history.
You can also ask Copilot to create podcasts and quizzes from a web page.
My go-to mobile browser on my iPhone is Safari. On my Android phones, it's Google Chrome. But now there's another browser vying for first place on my mobile devices. And that's Microsoft Edge. Why? The latest version of mobile Edge integrates AI more heavily, helping gather information and answer questions across multiple tabs all in one shot.
Before we delve into the details, know that I'm certainly no AI or Copilot fanboy. I've criticized Microsoft's strong-arm tactics to push Copilot into every nook and cranny of its many products and services. And we all know that generative AI itself is fallible. But when done right, AI can be a helpful tool. That's why lately I've been turning to Edge on my iPhone and Android phone for specific types of searches.
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