Edge Copilot reasons across users' open tabs

According to Microsoft's Edge developer blog, the browser's **Copilot** can now "reason across your open tabs" to compare information, surface key details, and provide more relevant answers on desktop and mobile. The update, announced May 13, 2026, also brings features Microsoft describes as **Journeys** (summaries and suggested next steps), redesigned new-tab integration of chat and search, Voice and Vision capabilities on mobile, and a long-term memory option that uses browsing history with user permission (blogs.windows.com). The company is retiring Copilot Mode as part of this consolidation, per the blog. Reporting from The Verge and a hands-on from ZDNet highlight extras such as AI podcasts, study-and-quiz tools, and a tab-summary workflow that reviewers called a research time-saver (The Verge; ZDNet). Editorial analysis: Browser AI that reads many open tabs raises practical privacy and UX trade-offs practitioners should monitor. According to Microsoft's Edge developer blog, the browser's Copilot can now "reason across your open tabs" to compare information, surface key details, and provide more relevant answers on desktop and mobile. The update, announced May 13, 2026, also ... [1653 chars]