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There’s also a new Bing widget that lets you access the chat from the homepage.

Here’s the official changelog:

  • New – Start a Bing Chat conversation from anywhere in the Launcher you find search.
  • Bing is your A1-powered copilot and can provide helpful answers to your questions.
  • Bing Chat functionality is available in regions supported by Bing Chat.
  • Bing Chat functionality requires Android 8.0 and up
  • Bug fixes.
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Least obvious Microsoft spyware

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

While not something I would ever use, I can definitely see the use. It does look nice but as someone who has experienced Microsoft from the start it's gonna be a no for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I've been using the Microsoft launcher for a while now and it's nice, but laggy. And I had to finally uninstall the Bing browser app because it just wouldn't stop crashing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Microsoft on android? Why would anyone want this?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's actually a very decent launcher, I used it for a while after Nova screwed the pooch. Have moved on since then, and if I hadn't, I certainly would be leaving over Bing chat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did Nova screw the pooch? I've been out of the loop on that one.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

They sold to a data analytics company.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May I ask what launcher you moved on to?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, I use Total - it's not as slick as some launchers, but it's very customisable if you don't mind putting the time in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could think of 2 reasons

  1. Customization, more features than the default. For example you can rename apps, change icons of apps, organize your apps to categories etc. Something not possible with the default launchers. Yes, other 3rd party support these, but if you already use some Microsoft products like Onedrive, Outlook etc, Microsoft launcher could be a logical option. They already spy you, so...
  2. You are a Microsoft 365 subscriber.