# Bing tests renaming Copilot Search to AI Overviews

Published: 2026-08-27T12:47:21.671Z · Source: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/bing-testing-copilot-search-ai-overviews-41953.html)
Source date: 2026-08-27
Entities: bing, ai-overviews

Microsoft is testing a rename of the AI answer box atop Bing Search results, from Copilot Search to AI Overviews — the term Google uses for its own AI answer results — per Search Engine Roundtable. The Copilot logo still appears alongside the box in the test.

Why it matters: Borrowing a rival's exact term for the AI-answer box suggests the format's name has become generic shorthand searchers already recognize, not a brand Microsoft is trying to own.

## What this answers

**Does Bing call its AI answers AI Overviews like Google does?**

Microsoft is testing a rename of Bing's Copilot Search AI answer box to AI Overviews — the term Google uses for its own AI answer results — per Search Engine Roundtable.


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