Bing Audio

{{Infobox software

| name = Bing Audio

| title = Bing Audio

| logo = File:Bing logo (2016).svg

| developer = Microsoft

| operating system = Windows Phone (7.5+)

| size =

| language =

| genre = Music Recognition Software

| license = Proprietary

| website =

}}

Bing Audio (also known as Bing Music){{cite news|last=Stroh|first=Michael|title=Bing Audio, Windows Phone's built-in music matching service, rolls out to 14 new countries|url=http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2013/07/03/bing-audio-windows-phones-built-in-music-matching-service-rolls-out-to-14-new-countries/|newspaper=Blogging Windows|date=3 July 2013}} is a music recognition application created by Microsoft which is installed on Windows Phones running version 7.5 and above, including Windows Phone 8. On Windows Phone 8.1, and in regions where the Microsoft Cortana voice assistant is available, Bing Music is integrated with Cortana{{cite news|last=Súrîl|first=Surur|title=Joe Belfiore confirms WP8.1 Developer Preview is coming "first part of April" and other titbits|url=http://wmpoweruser.com/joe-belfiore-confirms-wp8-1-developer-preview-is-coming-first-part-of-april-and-other-titbits/|newspaper=WMPoweruser|date=7 April 2014|access-date=7 April 2014|archive-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909165135/http://wmpoweruser.com/joe-belfiore-confirms-wp8-1-developer-preview-is-coming-first-part-of-april-and-other-titbits/|url-status=dead}} 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. Xbox Music Pass subscribers can immediately add the songs to their playlists.{{cite news|last=Burgess|first=Brian|title=Use Cortana on Windows Phone 8.1 to Identify Songs|url=http://www.groovypost.com/news/windows-phone-8-1-cortana-identifies-songs/|newspaper=GroovyPost|date=19 April 2014}} 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{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}. Bing Research developed a fingerprinting algorithm to identify songs.{{cite news|last=Stroh|first=Michael|title=Q&A: The story behind Music search|url=http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2011/06/08/qa-the-story-behind-music-search/|newspaper=Blogging Windows|date=8 June 2011}}

On March 30, 2016 Microsoft announced they will create bots based on Bing features in Skype, which Bing Music was one such feature.{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2016/03/30/skype-chat-bot-hands-on/|title=Chatting with Skype bots feels like talking to a search engine.|work=Engadget (AOL)|date=30 March 2016|first=Nicole|last=Lee}}