The Edge sidebar gets a bad rap for being useless bloatware, but I think itâ s a pretty underrated feature that most people havenâ t caught onto yet. Here are five ways I use it every day.

Copilot within the Microsoft Edge Sidebar can now show previous conversations. It also supports the new Think Deeper feature, which rolled out to Copilot on Android recently.

To do so, click + on the right sidebar and type tools in the search field. From the pop-up, click "Tools" (with the toolbox icon) and you'll see the speed test tool at the top of the sidebar.

The prior version of the Copilot sidebar for Microsoft Edge, left, was revamped with a new look and functionality (center) and most recently has been getting additional updates such as the return ...

Microsoft Edge features a Sidebar that lets you open tools, web apps, and websites in a panel without switching tabs. While this feature is handy, Microsoft could improve it with only a few changes.