Bing Launches Bing Snapshots To Compete With Google Now On Tap

To show what the new Knowledge and Action Graph API can do for app developers, Microsoft is updating the Bing App on Google Play Store with snapshots that users can launch outside of the Bing App itself. This is similar to the Google Now on Tap feature by Google.  Useful answers show up when you long-press the home button while using any of your apps.Bing detects things on the page, and shows you snapshot of information and useful actions related to them. You do not have to leave the app to look up information on something on your screen. All you need to do is launch Snapshot. And when you are done, it is easy to dismiss it to go back to what you were doing.

 

The days of having to interrupt what you’re doing just so you can do a search are over. Say you’re in your favorite social media app and you see a photo of a travel destination that catches your eye. Just long-press the home button and Bing will scan your screen, identify the destination, and show you a snapshot with key facts about that destination, along with connections into relevant apps and services, like AirBnB, TripAdvisor, Lonely Planet, and others. You get all this information without ever having to leave the app.