Microsoft’s Edge Copilot update uses AI to pull information from across your tabs
TL;DR
Microsoft Edge is rolling out a Copilot update that lets the AI chatbot read across all your open tabs. You can ask it to compare products, summarize articles, or answer questions about tab content, and Microsoft lets you toggle which experiences are on. The company is also retiring Copilot Mode, which had similar tab-reading abilities plus agentic features like booking reservations on your behalf.
Nauti's Take
Real productivity win: cross-tab AI search lets you compare options, summarize articles, and chase questions across open pages without endless copy-paste — a genuine upgrade for heavy researchers. The catch: Copilot gets deep read access to whatever is open, including banking, mail, or work docs.
Nauti's call: turn it on selectively, keep sensitive sessions in a separate profile, and audit which tab experiences are enabled before letting it loose.
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