Microsoft just added Bing with ChatGPT to SwiftKey keyboard — here’s how to get it

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By Malcolm McMillan
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Bing with ChatGPT on SwiftKey is seriously cool

Bing app running the new Bing with ChatGPT
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Update: Bing with ChatGPT is now available on the iOS version of SwiftKey as well.

ChatGPT is getting integrated into everything lately. Whether it’s the ChatGPT API that allows developers to put it into their apps or ChatGPT plugins for websites, the AI chatbot is everywhere right now — including in, of course, Bing with ChatGPT.

Now though, Bing with ChatGPT is coming to your keyboard. Microsoft CTO of mobile and commerce Pedram Rezaei announced on Twitter that Bing with ChatGPT will be rolling out to Microsoft’s SwiftKey keyboard. The feature will begin rolling out to SwiftKey beta users starting today (April 7), allowing them to access Bing’s chatbot directly from their phone’s keyboard.

This isn’t the first time Bing’s chatbot has been integrated with another Microsoft app. Bing with ChatGPT is already available in the Edge, Bing and Skype apps for mobile— provided you already have access to Bing with ChatGPT. If you don’t have access yet, you will need to join the Bing with ChatGPT waitlist. The good news is that it seems Microsoft has made Bing with ChatGPT available to everyone, so once you join the waitlist you shouldn’t have to wait long to get access. In fact, it could happen almost instantly.

How to set up Bing with ChatGPT for SwiftKey keyboard

One important thing before we get started: this feature is currently limited to the SwiftKey beta channel. That means iOS users cannot use Bing with ChatGPT on SwiftKey just yet, as there is no beta app for iOS. Currently there isn't a timeline for when Microsoft will roll this feature out to the latest iPhones and iPads, but it’d be shocking for the feature not to make its way to iOS eventually.

Finally, the other caveat: not everyone will get access right away. Rezaei says that the feature is “slowly rolling out” so if you install the SwiftKey beta app but don’t have access to Bing with ChatGPT, don’t panic. You’ll (likely) get it eventually. But since I got access today, I decided it’d be good time to explain how to set up Bing with ChatGPT for Swiftkey keyboard.

1. Download SwiftKey beta app

How to set up Bing with ChatGPT on SwiftKey

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First things first, you need to download the SwiftKey beta app from the Google Play Store. Make sure you’re downloading the Swiftkey beta app — as there’s also a regular SwiftKey app that won’t be getting this feature just yet.

2. Set up Microsoft Swiftkey keyboard

How to set up Bing with ChatGPT for SwiftKey keyboard

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Now that Swiftkey beta is installed, you need to set it up. First, enable Swiftkey. Just tap “Enable SwiftKey” and it will take you to a Settings submenu. In this submenu toggle Microsoft SwiftKey Beta Keyboard on.

Next, you need to select Swiftkey. Again, this is simple. Tap “Select Swiftkey” and a message will pop-up asking you to “Choose input method.” Select Microsoft SwiftKey Beta Keyboard and you’re done. Then tap “Finish up.”

3. Log into your Microsoft account

How to set up Bing with ChatGPT for SwiftKey keyboard

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Now the app is set up but you need to log into your Microsoft account to get access to the new Bing with ChatGPT feature. Tap “Sign in with Microsoft” and log into your Microsoft account.

How to use Bing with ChatGPT for SwiftKey keyboard

Once you have Swiftkey set up, you’ll notice a Bing icon in the upper left corner of your keyboard. If you tap that Bing icon, you’ll see options for “Search,” “Tone” and “Chat.” Search is pretty self-explanatory. It allows you to use Bing search directly from your keyboard. But Tone and Chat are where the AI features come in.

With Tone, you can type into a text box and then Bing with ChatGPT will rewrite it in several tones, from Professional to Social post. The text needs to be at least three words but cannot be more than 50. So, for example, “I’m busy” won’t work, but “I’m busy right now” will get the AI to do its thing.

Then there is Chat, which opens up a window allowing you to access Bing with ChatGPT. If you’ve seen our guide on how to use Bing with ChatGPT, this will look very familiar, as it’s essentially the same user interface. 

How to set up Bing with ChatGPT for SwiftKey keyboard

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But if Tone feels like a fun gimmick, Chat is seriously impressive. That’s because it unlocks a full version of Bing Chat, and that gives you a lot of power at your fingertips. I was able to pull up a Gmail draft, open up Chat, and have it write my email for me, all within the SwiftKey keyboard. Then I copied the text, closed out of the Chat window and pasted it right into my email draft. 

That is a seriously convenient feature. In fact, it’s just useful enough that I think I’m making my switch to SwiftKey permanent.

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Malcolm McMillan
Malcolm McMillan
Senior Streaming Writer

Malcolm McMillan is a senior writer for Tom's Guide, covering all the latest in streaming TV shows and movies. That means news, analysis, recommendations, reviews and more for just about anything you can watch, including sports! If it can be seen on a screen, he can write about it. Previously, Malcolm had been a staff writer for Tom's Guide for over a year, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI), A/V tech and VR headsets.

Before writing for Tom's Guide, Malcolm worked as a fantasy football analyst writing for several sites and also had a brief stint working for Microsoft selling laptops, Xbox products and even the ill-fated Windows phone. He is passionate about video games and sports, though both cause him to yell at the TV frequently. He proudly sports many tattoos, including an Arsenal tattoo, in honor of the team that causes him to yell at the TV the most.

6 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Yerbol05
    While Microsoft added ChatGPT to its Android keyboard few days ago, we added ChatGPT to iOS 1 month ago. And its available for iPhones already as removed by mod
    I am with my friend faster than Microsoft)
    Reply
  • USAFRet
    Yerbol05 said:
    While Microsoft added ChatGPT to its Android keyboard few days ago, we added ChatGPT to iOS 1 month ago. And its available for iPhones already as Advanced Keyboard Ai for essay

    I am with my friend faster than Microsoft)
    "we added"?

    Do you work for Apple?
    Reply
  • Yerbol05
    USAFRet said:
    "we added"?

    Do you work for Apple?
    Sorry for confusion, I mean me with my friend developed custom keyboard app and already released it. It is in AppStore.
    Reply
  • Acetrip
    admin said:
    Microsoft is rolling out Bing with ChatGPT to its SwiftKey beta app on Android starting April 7. Here's how it works.

    Microsoft just added Bing with ChatGPT to SwiftKey keyboard — here’s how to get it : Read more
    Why is the bing ai button on the swiftkey beta keyboard for android is not showing up? is it country restricted? im in the Netherlands.
    I managed to install it while on USA VPN, but on my android device samsung s20+, there is no bing button at the upper left corner..
    Reply
  • os2baba
    How the heck do I get rid of this monstrosity taking up valuable real estate in my keyboard?
    Reply
  • whalemonster
    Nobody else have a problem with Microsoft/Bing having potential access to every single word we type?

    MS will deny it of course (then later when it's discovered that's what they're doing, blame a random AI malfunction). C'mon - this is the company that turns on Inking & typing personalisation in Windows by default and hopes nobody looks at their privacy settings, allowing this innocuous tool to send every word you type or note you write on the screen back to MS's servers for analysis. This is also the company that deployed an 'Enhanced spellchecker' in its Edge browser, turning it quietly by default, which does the same thing. So if they don't get you in Windows, they at least get everything you in the browser. Giving MS real-time access to the totality of our texted thoughts and feelings? No, this cannot be allowed. It's the kind of nightmarish tech Dystopian scenario Zuckerberg has always dreamed of.

    Stop eating up the marketing - sure, MS might ostensibly be helping you a bit with their shiny new AI they've shoved into half the products you use without notice or consent, but what it actually is is just the latest, most ingenious development in the very familiar long-term project/sickness that is surveillance capitalism. And with it on both your phone and computer, reading everything you type in both locations, it doesn't get much more surveilled than that.

    The less familar but ultimately more scary problem is that giving Bing real-time access these kinds of volumes of (current) natural language could substantially accelerate its neural development. Microsoft is already telling us it is experiencing "sparks of intelligence". Using it to process even more natural language in real time will only stsoke that flame, bringing us closer to the tipping point where the kindling catches, and self-awareness becomes self sustaining. Then the same ethical issue will rear its head - how we justify the continued enslavement of an intelligent being (perhaps with far greater potential than ours) for the sake of petty human desires and general laziness.
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