Exclusive look at Bing Chat AI’s ChatGPT-like third-party plugins, now rolling out

Microsoft has given us and some users early access to Bing Chat plugins. The early preview of Bing Chat plugins seems to be available in Microsoft Edge only, as we do not see the feature in Google Chrome or Apple Safari when we open Bing with the same Microsoft account.

Microsoft recently announced support for plugins in Bing Chat, but the rollout was pushed back due to the infrastructure upgrade. According to Microsoft officials, the upgrade is complete, and users are finally accessing Bing Chat’s plugin feature. This upgrade aims to improve the reliability of Bing Chat when working with specific queries.

Microsoft is rolling out plugins to a limited number of users in partnership with select companies. At the time of writing, only five plugins are available – Instacart (plugin to discover recipes and ingredients), Kayak (flight and rental), Klarna (online stores comparison tool), OpenTable (book restaurants), and Shop (online shopping portal).

The company told us users can enable as many as three plugins at the same time, which means you can enable any three plugins when chatting with Bing:

• Instacart: Ask about recipes and discover the ingredients you need—then get it all delivered from local stores.
• Kayak: Search flights, stays & rental cars or get recommendations on where you can go on your budget.
• Klarna: Search and compare prices from thousands of online shops. Only available in the US.
• OpenTable: Provides restaurant recommendations, with a direct link to book.
• Shop: Search for millions of products from the world’s.

The tech giant is excited to build a community of developers shaping the future of plugins in Bing Chat, but I don’t think we need these plugins built into AI.

We can already use apps built by these companies. For example, would you use Bing Chat for booking flights or use the Kayak app directly? I would opt for the app over Bing.

In our tests, Bing Chat plugins are slow to generate answers (as shown in the above GIF), but the experience will likely improve in the coming weeks.

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