Tip: Bing search finally gets interactive calculator

Microsoft’s Bing search engine keeps getting better, especially with all the little refinements and new features that keep getting tacked on. One of those we were alerted to today is the new interactive calculator.

By typing in Bing web search a simple math problem, like ‘402 x 28 =’ users will not only get the answer to their question, but also have access to a mini-calculator. From there, users can continue to enter in quick math problems to solve directly in the web.

Google has had this feature for years, and we’re not sure it’s much faster than using the one built into Windows, but we do like choice. Plus, at least on a tablet, this may make more sense.

Users on Windows Phone of course won’t get the calculator part, but they will have their math questions answered when they type them in, offering yet another shortcut for solving those little math quandaries. 

Daniel Rubino
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.