The first is to set Microsoft apps as the defaults on your PC, and the second is to scan a QR code to download the Bing app. That might have something to do with the surge of Bing app downloads.

Windows Latest spotted the release of the app on the Microsoft Store, and in some ways, it’s rather odd that we didn’t see the software arrive here before now, considering Bing Wallpaper has ...

According to Rivera, if you download the app, it will automatically install Bing Visual Search. It also appears to have code that allows it to look at and decrypt your cookies on Edge, Chrome, and ...

The app automatically installs Bing Visual Search and includes code to decrypt cookies saved in other browsers, Rivera said, and it also brings a "free" geolocation web API to the system.

Recently, Microsoft launched its Bing Wallpaper app into the Store, which, on the face of it, should be a pretty good thing. Bing serves up some of the best looking images on the web every day ...