Microsoft brings Bing to Xbox One with new app

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By Sean Endicott
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Xbox Insiders can try out the Microsoft Bing app on their console.

Xbox One X
Xbox One X (Image credit: Matt Brown | Windows Central)

What you need to know

  • Microsoft announced the Microsoft Bing app on Xbox in preview.
  • The app allows you to search trending content and the web.
  • The Microsoft Bing app for Xbox is in preview and only available in the United States.

Microsoft Bing for Xbox is now available in preview. The app allows you to search trending content and the web within an interface optimized for the Xbox One. Microsoft recently shared a news post about the app and how to download it. Right now, the app is in preview and is only available in the United States.

Xbox Bing App

Source: Microsoft (Image credit: Source: Microsoft)

To download the Bing app, you can use these steps from Microsoft:

  1. On your Xbox One console, sign-in and launch the Xbox Insider Hub app.
  2. Navigate to Insider content > Apps > Microsoft Bing.
  3. Select Join.
  4. Wait for the registration to complete to be directed to the Store and install Microsoft Bing for Xbox.

The app has a layout similar to other first-party Xbox apps from Microsoft. It features a tiled interface that should be easy to navigate with a controller.

Sean Endicott
Sean Endicott
News Writer and apps editor

Sean Endicott brings nearly a decade of experience covering Microsoft and Windows news to Windows Central. He joined our team in 2017 as an app reviewer and now heads up our day-to-day news coverage. If you have a news tip or an app to review, hit him up at sean.endicott@futurenet.com.