If you used Bing Rewards in the past, you’ll be familiar with this. The program has been rebranded “Microsoft Rewards” and also rewards you for using Microsoft Edge. It’s still only available to US residents. Here’s how it works.
There are also other bonus offers–when we wrote this, there were 170 points extra worth of bonus offers in the Rewards dashboard. Microsoft offers a new batch of bonuses once per day, too. These bonus offers just require you to search for specific things on Bing and visit other Microsoft websites, like MSN.
Initially, you can only earn 50 points per day from Bing searches on your PC. You’ll need to earn 500 points each month to get a “Level 2” account that lets you earn 250 points per day.
The only downside? Well, as we said…you have to use Edge and Bing. But for some, that may not be a huge issue.
How to Start Earning Rewards
To get started, head to the Microsoft Rewards website and opt into the program. When you’re signed into your Microsoft account and searching in Bing, you’ll see a point tracker that helps you earn points. You’ll earn them by searching and clicking the bonus offers.
To earn points for searching from mobile, you’ll need to search with Bing on your phone and be logged into your Microsoft account in the mobile browser you’re searching with.
To earn points for using Edge, you’ll have to use the Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 and be signed into Windows with the same Microsoft account you use for the Rewards program. Microsoft explains how rewards for using Edge work.
If you stay signed in and just use Edge and Bing, you’ll naturally earn points just for searching and browsing normally. You can also earn more rewards from doing the special offers that are easily accessible from Bing.com, but you don’t even have to do that.
Is Microsoft Rewards Worth It?
But Edge isn’t mandatory–you can earn most of the points from just searching with Bing in Google Chrome, Firefox, or whatever other browser you prefer.
Ultimately, I went back to using Google because it was better for more obscure, technical searches. But, if you’re happy with Bing, Microsoft’s rewards program will give you free stuff with no real downside.
