Adds Bing functionality and wallpapers to your desktop.
Beware when installing this: The installer will attempt to set Bing as your default search engine (in Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari), Internet Explorer as your default search engine and several other check-boxes we highly suggest deselecting.
Bing Desktop is an interesting desktop enhancement not because of its attempt to hijack your browser(s) and search engines, but solely for the fact that it includes Bing's beautiful wallpapers. One annoying thing is that Bing Desktop will also add a default search field to beside your system tray but that can be removed with a right-click on the taskbar.
The settings which are accessible via the gear icon can enable/disable auto-start, hotkeys and whether or not to automatically change your desktop background daily with the image from Bing.com.
There are some other features and integration with Bing like top trending images, news stories, celebrities and videos. Bing Desktop can also add Facebook feeds to your desktop if you're too lazy to open up your browser.
Apart from the lovely backgrounds you'll have presented to you, there isn't too much about this application that we can praise unless you're interested in seeing what the top trending images are on Bing search are.
Features of Bing Desktop
- Alerts: Set reminders and get notified.
- Facebook: Get notifications from Facebook and scroll through your newsfeed.
- Finance: Track stocks and investments.
- Homepage: Customizes your desktop with Bing daily image and news.
- Image search: Discover beautiful images from Bing search.
- Local: Find local restaurants and businesses.
- Maps: Get directions and explore maps.
- Movies: Search for movie ratings and showtimes.
- News: Stay up to date with news from Bing.
- Search: Quickly search the web without opening a browser.
- Shopping: Compare prices and save money.
- Sports: Follow sports scores and highlights.
- Translator: Translate words and phrases between languages.
- Voice command: Search the web with voice commands.
- Weather: Check weather conditions and forecast for any city.
Compatibility and License
Bing Desktop is a freeware, but ad-supported application available on Windows from desktop wallpaper software. You may encounter different types of ads or offers when running and installing this program. Though ads might be present, download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.4.167.0 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can Bing Desktop run on?
Bing Desktop can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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