Microsoft wants you to go on a movie date with Bing

Going to the movies is one of my favorite things; however, the crowd can make or break an experience. A film is art and deserves respect, regardless of the nature of the content. Whether I am seeing a slapstick comedy, cartoon or serious drama, I demand silence and for children to be kept under control. Sure, I am sounding a bit cranky, but the reality is, movies are very expensive and I am not interested in overhearing phone calls and having kids run up and down the aisles.

Seeing a film aside, finding one to see can be quite the ordeal too, especially when out with a group of friends. No one can ever decide on a theater, film or showtime, so the end result if everyone on their smartphones arguing as they look for movie times. Today, Microsoft announces a new way to find movie times using Bing. While it may not settle an argument over what movie to see, it should at least help the situation.

"Finding show times and theater for a movie you want to see is easy on Bing. Simply type in the movie and voila, we will display the information right in the search results. But what about those times when you don’t know which movie you want to see? Or those times when you have no idea which movies are even out?", says the Bing Team.

The team further explains, "today were making that part much easier with a carousel experience that will dynamically display all of the movies playing in your area. If one looks interesting, simply click on the thumbnail and Bing will refresh the results while maintaining the carousel at the top of the screen. You can use the arrows to browse all the movies in your area".

I decided to test the new feature and did a Bing search for "movie times". Sure enough, the carousel view worked as promised:

If you are away from home and using a smartphone, simply visit m.bing.com to quickly access the search engine. Besides "movie times", you can also search for "show times" and "showtimes" to get the results. As great as this is, it is more impressive to see how fast and furious Microsoft is lately at adding features to Bing. If you haven't tried the search engine in a while, you might want to give it ago; you may be pleasantly surprised.

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