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Tab Searches on Mobile
Good morning...apparently Tabs have been removed from Mobile Bing sometime in the last month or so.
My wife, loves tabbed browsing and searching. She is frustrated that they are no longer available.
Her words, "It pretty much makes using Bing on my phone not worth it."
Tabbed searches were a positive differentiator when comparing Bing to Google.
Has anyone figured out a way to get them back?
Even better, will the Bing team put them back?
Thanks!
- Alyxe
Microsoft
Hi HeyU-notU-U, I'd love to take a closer look into this! Can you tell me which version you're using by selecting profile > Settings> Build Version. Also, if you'd care to share any screenshots of the tab experience on your Bing app, that would be very helpful.
Thanks,
Alyxandria (she/her)
Community Manager - Bing InsidersHi Alyxe
She is running build 21.0.390118302 on Android. I don't have any screen caps, but this is an example of what she would do.
Restaurants: BTW, the new Bing app took away the Restaurants button. Why?? She would hit that button. Bing showed restaurants around her. She'd click on one to look at which would open a new tab with that restaurant. Leaving that open, she'd go back to the main page and click on another which would open a new tab. Rinse, repeat. She might open 6 or 7 restaurant tabs and then flip back and forth to make a dining decision.
She would do something similar for shopping online. Find sites that offer the product she was looking for. Then, she'd flip between the tabs to find the deal she wanted with the shipping she wanted, etc.
Tabs are gone, so she can't do that any more. The Restaurant button is gone, so she can't do that any more. Hence, her comment, "It pretty much makes using Bing on my phone not worth it."
I appreciate you looking into this and look forward to learning what you find out.
- Alyxe
HeyU-notU-U thanks for that description! Just to clarify, can you still use this feature on the Bing App on your own device?
Alyxandria (she/her)
Community Manager - Bing Insiders
- Hi,
I never had tabs in Bing search on mobile.
are you sure you are not referring to tabs on the browser?Hi HotCakeX ,
Well, then, you missed out!
I definitely am talking about tabs on Bing Mobile. I have an older phone and don't update the software very often. It still has the version of Bing Mobile with tabbed searching. It really does help when you are working on several things at once. My wife is jealous.
Thanks...
- Of Bing app, i thought you're talking about Bing website.
