Bing Audio (also known as Bing Music) is a

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application created by

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which is installed on

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s running version 7.5 and above, including

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. On

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, and in regions where the

Microsoft Cortana Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...

voice assistant is available, Bing Music is integrated with Cortana and the music search history is a part of Cortana's "Notebook". The service is only designed to recognize recorded songs, not live performances or humming.

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Music Pass subscribers can immediately add the songs to their

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s. A unique feature compared to similar services is that Bing Audio continuously listens and analyzes music while most other services can only listen for a fixed amount of time. Bing Research developed a ''fingerprinting'' algorithm to identify songs. On March 30, 2016 Microsoft announced they will create bots based on Bing features in

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, which Bing Music was one such feature.

Availability

As part of Cortana (where supported)

*Australia *Canada *France *Germany *India *Italy *Spain *United Kingdom *United States

As part of Bing Mobile

*Argentina *Austria *Belgium *Brazil *Denmark *Finland *Ireland *Mexico *Netherlands *New Zealand *Norway *Portugal *Sweden *Switzerland

References

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Availability

As part of Cortana (where supported)

As part of Bing Mobile

See also

References