Microsoft experimenting with Speed Test tool on Bing

PanARMENIAN.Net - If users want to test their Internet connection they will have to fire up Google, type in something like “speed test,” pick speedtest.net or some other equivalent from the search results. Microsoft wants to cut down those last few steps, at least for Bing users, VentureBeat reports.

The company is experimenting with a new “Speed Test” tool on Bing, as first spotted by Windows Central. As its name implies, the widget helps you test the speed of your Internet connection.

“We’re always testing new experiences for Bing, which includes the Speed Test experience,” a Microsoft spokesperson told VentureBeat. “We have nothing further to share at this time.”

Providing information and tools directly in search results is common practice for search engines. The difference here is that a speed test tool is a bit more complicated than a calculator or currency conversion.

Bing beat Google to the punch by adding support for emoji search. More recently, Bing added the classic game Snake.