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The new Bing widget on iOS is a chatbot shortcut.

Microsoft’s releasing a new Bing widget for iPhone users — it was already available on Android — designed to get you straight to engaging with its AI chatbot. There are two styles of the widget, one with wallpaper and a plain one.

Additionally, Microsoft has improved text-to-speech support in 38 languages, including Arabic, Croatian, Hebrew, Hindi, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Tamil, and Urdu, and said it improved the responsiveness of the voice input button.

animated GIF showing the iOS Bing widget, which launches the Bing app when touched
The iOS Bing app auto-launches if you tap on the widget, and lets you initiate a chat quickly. The experience feels tighter assuming the Bing app is already running.
GIF: Umar Shakir / The Verge
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