Microsoft makes Bing Chat preview available for smartphones and Skype

Microsoft is making Bing Chat available in the mobile versions of Edge and Bing. The chatbot will also be available via Skype and will have voice control. Later, the company may want to integrate Bing Chat into other services, such as Teams.

Microsoft writes on Wednesday that it’s expanding its Bing Chat preview to smartphones. Users with access to that preview can use it in the Android and iOS versions of Bing and Edge. The Bing app now includes an icon at the bottom of its home screen that users can use to start a chat session. Users can also chat with Bing from the home page of the Edge smartphone app.

In addition, Microsoft is integrating its new Bing chatbot into Skype. Users can talk to the chatbot one-on-one via that service, or add it to a group conversation. All members of such a conversation can then ask questions to Bing Chat and see the answers. Voice control will also be available, with which users can ask questions to the chatbot with their voice. This new feature will be available for both smartphones and desktops. Later, Microsoft wants to integrate the chatbot into more of its services. The company cites Teams as an example of this. Earlier there were also rumors that Office software such as Word would be integrated with the chatbot.

Bing Chat for smartphones and in Skype