Microsoft Bing Search

What Microsoft Bing Search does

Microsoft Bing Search is a mobile search tool for finding webpages, answers, news and other information online. It also brings Microsoft’s Copilot into the search experience, so users can ask questions in a conversational format and receive an AI-generated summary alongside conventional results. This makes it suitable for people who want both a familiar search engine and an assistant for exploring a topic.

Ways to search

Queries can be entered by typing, speaking or using visual search with the camera. The app also includes an image creation tool based on written descriptions. These options may be useful on a shared phone, particularly for someone who finds typing difficult or wants to identify and investigate something they can see.

What to expect

• Copilot can summarise information and help with follow-up questions, but AI responses should still be checked against the underlying sources.
• The home screen can include news, weather and rewards content as well as the search box, which may feel busy to users who prefer a simpler layout.
• Microsoft Rewards gives users points for eligible activity, with redemption options managed through Microsoft’s service.

Ratings and publisher

The app is published by Microsoft Corporation in the Tools category. It has a 4.56 out of 5 rating from more than 1.6 million reviews, and has been installed 100,000,000+ times. Those figures show broad use and a large body of feedback, but they do not indicate whether its AI features, busy homepage or rewards system will suit every person using the phone.