Microsoft expands Bing’s autosuggest for people to include animals, brands, movies, albums, places, and more
Microsoft today announced it is expanding its Bing’s People Autosuggest feature to include more than just humans. In fact, the search engine will now automatically suggest brands, movies, albums, places, software, sport teams, animal species, and more.
When Microsoft first unveiled the feature in May, it let users find the person they were looking for directly within the search box. When searching for a celebrity, politician, athlete, or even a colleague with a publicly available LinkedIn profile, Bing will provide a snapshot of information about that person just below the search bar.
For example, searching for Michelle Williams would ask you if you’re looking for the actress or the singer:
Now, Microsoft is taking things a step further. If you consider the word “pitbull,” Microsoft will prompt you for results about the artist (a person) as well as the dog (a breed).
Here’s how this looks:
More to follow.
