Microsoft brings the new Bing to Windows 11 and launches Phone Link for iOS

Microsoft is wasting no time bringing its new AI-powered Bing to all of its products. After introducing it in its Edge browser and then bringing it to the Edge, Bing and Skype apps on mobile, today it's Windows 11's turn to welcome the new Bing to its taskbar.

This is part of a major Windows 11 upgrade that also includes the first preview of Phone Link for iOS, which will let you take calls and respond to messages from your iPhone on your Windows PC, tabs in the default Notepad app, and has new energy recommendations, a redesigned Quick Assist app to make it easier to remotely assist your parents with their computer problems, and more.

If you're a Windows 11 user, you are surely familiar with the search box that's integrated into the taskbar by default. That's where you will now find the new Bing, waiting for your questions and unwilling to talk about itself.

As Microsoft notes, with over half a billion monthly users, the search box is one of the most widely used features in Windows. That's some very prominent placing for the new Bing. Indeed, the Bing search engine with its low single-digit market share, likely has fewer monthly users than that. To access the new Bing, you still need to get on the waitlist (if you haven't done so yet), so not every Windows 11 user will get access right away.