Bing Rewards for Mobile gets official on Windows Phone 8.1

Bing Rewars for Mobile on Windows Phone 8.1

A few weeks agone nosotros reported that users were receiving mobile credits for Bing searches on their Windows Phone 8.1 devices. At the time, Bing Rewards still had Windows Phone listed as "coming presently" on their site, merely starting a few days ago that has lifted as Windows Phone 8.1 is at present listed on their back up page.

Bing Rewards is a plan from Microsoft that rewards you for using Bing search. The more you use it, the more points you can collect. Those points can and so be used to redeem gifts from the site, including Amazon.com gift cards, OneDrive actress storage, entering contests and more.

Bing Rewars for Mobile on Windows Phone 8.1

In that location were two issues though with Bing Rewards. For one, it didn't work on Windows Phone (yet it did on iOS and Android via their apps) and two, it's not available in a lot of non-United states of america regions. The former issue is stock-still, though nosotros're still yet to see Rewards expanded elsewhere. Launched back in 2022, Bing Rewards is a neat picayune promotion that hopefully helps some users switch from Google to the amend Bing experience.

With Windows Phone 8.1 back up 'enabled' officially, users should be able to start to collect Bing rewards every time the utilise Cortana (Bing) on their phones. You can always head into your Bing Rewards Dashboard settings to see the 'Mobile Search' under Rewards and in theory, under History too (we don't meet a distinction betwixt spider web and mobile though).

Bing Rewars for Mobile on Windows Phone 8.1

Of class, with that new designation being official, it looks similar Windows Phone 8.0 users (or those with 7.8) won't be able to get in on the Bing Rewards activeness. If you want to see the Bing Rewards for Mobile folio head to www.bing.com/explore/rewards-mobile on your PC or phone for more than information.

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