Edge Canary: Microsoft Edge works on a sidebar you can pin to your desktop

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As spotted by GeekerMag (via Windows Central), Microsoft Edge is testing a new feature for its sidebar that could make it even more useful. Edge Canary version 114.0.1789.0 allows you to detach and mount the browser’s sidebar to your desktop.

GeekerMag’s Viney Dhiman shows how it works in the video embedded below. Simply hit the “Detach from Edge” button at the bottom of the sidebar, and Edge will automatically pin the sidebar to the right side of your desktop.

Also, with the sidebar, you can access Bing’s AI chatbot and other tools without having to open a page. To reattach the sidebar, click the same button you used to detach it. Windows Central reports that this feature is only rolling out to a select group of Edge Canary and Dev users, so you might not see it.

In addition to Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot and image generator, Edge’s sidebar offers access to emails, Microsoft Office, games, and pinned websites. Keeping the sidebar up if you need to access Bing’s chatbot to help you write or create an outline is one of the reasons why Microsoft is experimenting with making it detachable.

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