Microsoft's Bing division has been in the news a lot lately; it began offering an ad-free search experience to all U.S. schools last week and a few days ago it added some improvements to searching inside Windows 8.1. Now the Bing team has a new update for its Android app.
The Bing blog says that the new Android version, which is available to download on Google Play, has a new "streamlined" design that should please power users. In addition, Microsoft says that the team has put in some performance improvements and that users should notice that it is "markedly faster" than previous versions of the app.
Finally, users of the Bing Android app in the US who are also signed up for the Bing Rewards program should be able to track their points from inside the app for the first time. Bing Rewards allows those users to gain points while searching on the service every day. The points can be collected and later used to buy gift cards from various retailers, entries for sweepstakes or even to help donate Surface tablets to a local school. Microsoft recently added a way to exchange Bing Rewards points for airline frequent flyer miles.
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