Microsoft Bing and Hotmail: we also support iOS

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft's Bing and Hotmail teams are actively strengthening their face-recognition opportunities on iOS and Android, including their own Windows platforms.

On the same day that Google launched the Gmail client for Apple's iOS device, Microsoft's two product teams wanted to let everyone know that they also supported iOS.

In November 2, the Bing Team published a new version of its Bing device application, which can be executed on iPhone and Android. Santanu Basu, product manager of Bing for Mobile, said that the new version uses HTML5 to combine the device browser experience and program experience, so m. bing. you can search devices by using com or Bing.

The new Bing device edition hybrid program can only be used on iPhone iOS 4 or later and on specific Android devices. The team did not indicate when RIM and Windows Phone 7 will be released, but only as soon as possible. The new Bing Mobile program does not support iPad, and Microsoft does not say it will be updated at any time.

It is worth noting that the new program is only an update of the existing iPhone and Android devices, not a replacement. It will not replace m. Bing. com Web browsing.

A Microsoft spokesman said that the new program now integrates HTML5, but still provides the same advantages of the original program, such as voice search and Bing Vision, which allows you to use a mobile phone camera for search. New programs enable Microsoft to provide consistent user experience across platforms and do not require manual updates.

Similarly, on April 9, November 2, the Hotmail team announced that Hotmail can support the iOS 5 platform. Chris Jones, vice president of Windows Live, said that although we have supported iOS for more than a year, with the launch of iOS 5, Hotmail is now easier to set on iPhone or iPad, there are nearly 100000 new iOS 5 devices with Hotmail accounts every day.