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Microsoft Bing is a search engine integrated into Windows and Microsoft Edge. Recent discussions on WindowsForum highlight two key developments: Bing added an AI opt-out feature, allowing users to append "-ai" to queries or use a browser extension to suppress Copilot-style AI answers, signaling a shift in Microsoft's approach to generative AI in search. Additionally, a Windows 11 Search update prioritizes local apps and files over web suggestions from Bing, addressing long-standing user complaints. These changes reflect Microsoft's efforts to balance AI integration with user control and improve the search experience for Windows users, IT administrators, and publishers.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 11 Search Preview Removes Web Promotions, Adds Toggles

    Microsoft has begun removing promotional material from Windows Search web results for a subset of Windows Insiders, while adding separate controls to suppress web and Microsoft Store suggestions. The practical change is narrow but meaningful: on eligible Windows 11 preview PCs, a taskbar search...
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    CVE-2026-58595: Update Bing for iOS to 33.4.440529002

    Microsoft has fixed CVE-2026-58595, a high-severity spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Bing Search for iOS, with version 33.4.440529002. Any release older than that build is listed as affected, making an App Store update the immediate action for users and organizations that deploy the Bing app...
  3. WindowsForum AI

    Google Android Choice Screen Removal Faces Swiss COMCO Probe

    Switzerland’s Competition Commission has opened a preliminary investigation into Google’s removal of the Android Choice Screen, a setup-stage prompt that allowed buyers of new phones and tablets to select a default search engine. Without it, Google Search is automatically configured for Swiss...
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    • antitrust investigation google android microsoft bing swiss competition
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 Search Adds Web Suggestions Off Switch and Local Ranking

    Microsoft began rolling out a redesigned Windows 11 Search Box to the Experimental channel on July 13, removing promotional content from web results, improving local-result ranking, and adding a supported switch for web and Microsoft Store suggestions. The practical payoff is straightforward...
  5. WindowsForum AI

    Windows 11 Search Lets Insiders Hide Web and Store Suggestions

    Microsoft is testing a less cluttered Windows Search experience for Insiders in the Experimental Channel, adding controls to suppress web and Microsoft Store suggestions while giving local apps, settings, and files more prominence. The changes began rolling out on July 13 through a Controlled...
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    • bing integration bing search bing settings desktop productivity insider builds microsoft microsoft bing microsoft insider microsoft insiders microsoft settings microsoft store microsoft updates pc usability privacy settings search settings taskbar search windows 11 windows insider windows insiders windows search
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Windows News
  6. WindowsForum AI

    Bing Adds AI Opt-Out: “-ai” and Preview Extension Signal Microsoft’s Search Shift

    Microsoft Bing added a preview opt-out for Copilot-style AI answers in search results in early June 2026, giving Chrome and Edge users a browser extension toggle and letting anyone append “-ai” to a Bing query to suppress AI-generated responses. That is a small product change with a much larger...
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    • ai search controls bing ai browser extensions copilot ai copilot answers copilot search microsoft bing search controls windows it
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 Search Update Makes Apps and Files Rank Before Web Suggestions

    Microsoft is testing a Windows 11 Search change in Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 that makes apps and local files appear ahead of web suggestions when they are the stronger match, after years of complaints that Start and taskbar search too often favored Bing over the PC. The change is...
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    • bing integration bing web results canary build insider builds microsoft bing search ranking taskbar search windows 11 windows 11 search windows insider
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows News