Even with internet history tools, finding a website you previously visited can be a chore, especially if you can’t remember the exact name of the site or the phrase you searched to get there. Microsoft is now using AI to help you quickly return to these sites.
Microsoft Edge 138 will now include synonyms and alternative phrases when it looks at your web history. For example, if you previously searched for places to eat in a city, you might have visited multiple URLs that reference both restaurants and cafes. This new feature will be able to suggest cafe websites you’ve visited, even if you only searched for the word “restaurants.”
The feature can also spot typos when you’ve misspelled a search query. Previously, Edge’s history needed the correct spelling to appear in results.
“An on-device model is trained using your data, which never leaves your device and is never sent to Microsoft,” the company says. Those with Edge admin access can control the availability of the feature, so you can turn it off if necessary.
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AI-powered history has been in testing for a couple of weeks after debuting in the beta version of Edge in early June. Edge 138 is rolling out now, but Microsoft notes this specific feature is part of a “controlled feature rollout,” so some users may have to wait a bit longer to try it out.
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