Internet related News · 2015-08-21

Bing app launches snapshots on tap before you can say Google Now

Microsoft has just beaten Google in the race for better search. It’s Bing search app for Android has got a new feature which is what Google was toying with for sometime.
Now when you want more information on the people or things you’re reading about in your Bing app, you can hold down the home button to get contextual information, without switching apps.
In May this year, Google had previewed Google Now on Tap, a feature in the forthcoming Android Marshmallow operating system that lets you get context from Google about the things you’re currently looking at onscreen. But looks like Microsoft’s beaten Google to it.

http://news.google.com Aug 20, 2015 

Microsoft isn’t being subtle about where inspiration for Bing’s newest feature came from. In an update to Bing’s Android app today, Microsoft has launched …

 

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Bing Beats Google “Now On Tap” To Android With New “Bing Snapshots” – Search Engine Land

http://news.google.com  Aug 20, 2015 

It turns out that Bing has its own version of Google “Now on Tap” — and it’s now available for Android devices, ahead of the release of Google’s ow …

 

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Microsoft updates Bing for Android with Bing Snapshots- WinBeta

http://www.winbeta.org  Aug 20, 2015 

If you happen to be a regular user of Bing on Android, you’ll be glad to find out that Microsoft has added the Bing Snapshots feature in its Android app. T.

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Bing’s new Snapshot feature on Android aims to rival .. – Android Authority

http://www.androidauthority.com  Aug 20, 2015 

Microsoft has just released a big update to its Bing for Android app, bringing a new feature that’s very similar to Google Now on Tap.

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Microsoft’s Bing for Android app gets an awesome new feature – Techno Buffalo

http://www.technobuffalo.com  Aug 20, 2015 

Do you use Bing on your Android phone? We wouldn’t be surprised if your answer is a firm no, but that may change thanks to a new feature from Microsoft. “Bing snapshots” promises to pull up relevant info inside other apps …

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Bing’s Android app has a new feature that’s just like Google .. – Pocket-Lint

http://www.pocket-lint.com Aug 20, 2015 

Microsoft has added a new feature described as “snapshots on tap” within it’s Bing Search app for Android – and as you might’ve guessed already, it works.

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