Bing's Newest Feature Brings Lyrics To Search Page

Microsoft has rolled out updates to its Bing search engine on a fairly regular basis over the year, adding features like improved image search. As promised, it has introduced yet another improvement to the engine, this time catering to those who prefer belting out songs on karaoke night: lyrics. Calling it "a new Lyrics experience," Microsoft says the feature saves you time by bringing the lyrics you're looking for front and center on the search results page — something that third-party lyrics websites might not be too fond of.

The feature works as simply as you'd imagine: when you type "song name lyrics" in Bing Search, replacing "song name" with your song of choice, the results page will display the lyrics first thing at the top of the page.

This allows users to avoid third-party websites that cater to lyrics, which are often filled with nuisance advertisements and pop ups. Joining the lyrics is a snapshot of the band on the side of the search page, which includes things like "Related Songs" and information on the album.

Bing doesn't say where it is sourcing the lyrics from, but all our tests return quality results. Lyrics for more than half a million songs are presently available, and Microsoft says its search engine will boost that number "in the coming weeks."

SOURCE: Bing