It feels like Bing Chat got a major update in Microsoft Build However, it appears that Microsoft's chatbot, powered by ChatGPT, will be getting another update in June

According to Neowin, Bing Chat will receive an update in June that could bring a variety of upgrades This is based on a tweet from Mikhail Parakhin, Microsoft's head of advertising and web services, who, when asked by Neowin for further details, said that Bing Chat will be able to handle larger conversations in balanced mode and that Bing Image Creator will be improved, he said

The big headline for me, however, is the last thing Parakhin mentioned

The biggest knock against Bing Chat, aside from the occasional hallucination, is that the popular chatbot is only available in Microsoft's Edge browser Well, aside from the Bing mobile app, Swiftkey keyboard, and numerous other integrations But if you wanted to use it in a web browser, you had to use Edge [But now, Edge's reign of terror may finally be coming to an end; as a constant user of Google Chrome, I use ChatGPT more often than Bing's ChatGPT alternative However, if it were available in Chrome, I might choose ChatGPT over ChatGPT or Google Search

Parakhin did not say which third-party browsers would be supported first Also, the use of the word "hopefully" suggests that this feature may ultimately miss the June update However, speaking on behalf of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari users, this update will not come soon enough

As mentioned earlier, Bing with ChatGPT received several upgrades in Microsoft Build 2023 In fact, Bing is now within ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus users can search the web directly from ChatGPT

The biggest change, however, is the open plugin standard for ChatGPT and Bing Chat, which opens both chatbots to many third-party plugins to supercharge AI Bing Chat will also be integrated into Windows Copilot in Windows 11 to help get things done on Windows PCs

That Microsoft will eventually open Bing Chat to Chrome and other browsers is not surprising, given that Bing Chat can now be integrated into almost everything else In fact, for easier mobile access, you can even use it as a chat widget on your iPhone or Android phone

If you haven't tried Bing Chat yet, now is a great time to give it a try; check out our guide to using Bing with ChatGPT to get started now