The SwiftKey Android Keyboard beta program gets the new conversational Bing added. At Microsoft, artificial intelligence is everywhere and it could change a lot of things.
Microsoft is betting a lot on artificial intelligence this year, even if it means putting it ahead of thousands of employees. So much so that its AI-enhanced Bing with GPT-4 tends to invite itself into all of the brand’s services: the search engine of course, Office, and now SwiftKey, its Android keyboard. In any case, this is what The Verge : Some users of the app’s beta program are beginning to be able to access this feature.
Bing’s chatbot right in your Android keyboard
As the English media writes, the integration of Bing Chat in the keyboard allows access to the chatbot, but there is also a mode allowing text to be rewritten according to a chosen tone. To access it, simply click on the Bing logo in the top bar of the keyboard.
Source : XenoPanther sur Twitter
Source : XenoPanther sur Twitter
Source : XenoPanther sur Twitter
From then on, a search field opens to search the Internet, rewrite text or chat with the Bing assistant. A function that can duplicate the Bing application, which also integrates the conversational agent.
An open beta of SwiftKey to use AI
To access it, just access the SwiftKey beta and it is not a hidden program since it is even the technical director of the mobile division of Microsoft who indicated it. on Twitter.
Did we just add major AI functionality to @SwiftKey? Slowly rolling out. Get yourself onto the Beta channel to taste the future.
— Pedram Rezaei (@pedram_re) April 6, 2023
Currently, only an Android version of SwiftKey with Bing Chat is planned. The Verge indeed recalls that the support of the keyboard on iOS had been paused before being relaunched. The iPhone version of the app does not receive regular updates. But we can expect AI to arrive in its keyboard, as the competition is getting stronger and stronger.
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