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.
  • @IlikepornaddictEnglish
    3•10 months ago

    Microsoft on android? Why would anyone want this?

    • SanguineParEnglish
      11•10 months ago

      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.

    • olympus
      4•10 months 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.