Microsoft Loosens Bing ChatGPT Limit to 8 Turns Per Conversation, Alongside New Turn Counter Feature

Microsoft has announced that it has increased Bing’s ChatGPT limit to 8 turns per conversation, up from 6 last month.

Bing ChatGPT Limit Increased After Feedback from Search Engine Community

The decision comes after much demand and feedback from Bing’s search engine community. The loosening of the chat limit has an immediate rollout, and all users within the Bing Preview will get the upgrade today.

However, it should be noted that the daily chat limit with Bing is 100 turns per day, and SERP (search engine result page) queries do not count towards the Chat limit imposed on Bing.

New Turn Counter Feature Added to Bing Chat

Alongside the increased chat limit, Microsoft has added a new turn counter to Bing Chat. The feature aims to indicate how many chat turns have been used in the conversation. The addition of the turn counter was due to users finding it difficult to anticipate when they will have to reset to a new topic due to the conversation chat limit imposed by Microsoft.

Chat Tones Added to the Latest Update of Microsoft Bing

Microsoft has also added “Chat Tones” to the latest update release of Microsoft Bing. The feature enables users to toggle the tone of chat from “Precise”, which focuses on shorter, more search-focused answers, to “Creative” which gives responses that are longer and more descriptive. The middle setting (“Balanced”) is somewhere in-between both Precise and Creative.

Users will notice a colour change in the UX between purple, blue, and green depending on which chat tone is selected. The addition of Chat Tones is to let users decide the type of chat behaviour that best meets their needs.

Bug Fixes and Improved Chat Behaviours

Finally, the new update also irons out some bugs and provides fixes to the current Bing ChatGPT. Microsoft has improved some chat behaviours that previously would have unnecessarily constrained responses or made them appear defensive or adversarial. Bing’s responses should be more engaging and provide more elaborate observations after the update.