14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is betting big on the Bing homepage high-resolution photos that are used on the search engine, so the company brought them to other platforms, including on the Windows 10 lock screen as part of Windows Spotlight.
More recently, however, the software giant released a dedicated Bing wallpapers app for Windows 10 in an attempt to give users the option to use all these photos as their desktop backgrounds, along with features like a daily refresh based on the new homepage.
And now a similar app is going live on Android too. Bing Wallpapers for Android mobile devices comes with pretty much the same features, letting you choose high quality wallpapers that are featured on the Bing homepage.
Hello, Android wallpapers
And just like on the other platforms, you can get new images every day, and the app can also replace your desktop background automatically. The app comes with additional details for each background, so you’ll know the location where the photo was taken.
Unsurprisingly, the Bing search engine is also baked into the app to search for other images, and Microsoft says you can also use it in landscape mode if you want – this one is particularly useful on Android tablets.
One feature that’s missing, but which I wouldn’t be too surprised if Microsoft adds in a later update, is support for panoramic wallpapers that would allow users to enable the same background across multiple home screen. This is something that other wallpaper apps already come with, and given the quality of Bing’s photos, there’s no doubt it’d come in handy in this app too.
For the time being, the Bing Wallpapers app for Android is really worth a try, so head over to the Google Play Store to get it on your mobile device. It requires at least Android 8.
