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Download Bing images (once you’ve connected to Facebook)

Oct 8, 2012 11:03 pm by Kip Kniskern | 10 comments

A few days ago we shared a tip about a new feature of the Bing home page, the ability to download those iconic images. Well, the feature just showed up here, and it works as expected, with a twist: If you’ve already associated your Facebook profile with Bing, you’ll get straight to the download dialog, but if not, you’ll have to connect to Facebook first. Here’s what that experience looks like:

We just happened to notice the Facebook angle because we were temporarily signed out of Facebook, and our tipster the other day probably was, too. One other tidbit: you don’t appear to be able to download any of the previous images, only today’s. Once you do download or open the image, it is watermarked with a Bing logo in the lower right, as you can see:

No word of the new feature as of yet on the Bing Search blog, so maybe we’re just part of a test, too. Are you seeing the new download feature? Is the ability to collect cool images enough to get you to connect Bing to Facebook? Or are you already connected?

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http://www.andrewtechhelp.com/ Andrew Tech Help
In the new Windows 8 Bing app, you can also save the images from there too, as well as set it as your Lock Screen.
- http://www.LiveSide.net Kip Kniskern – LiveSide.net
  Nice!, but still waiting for app updates here :(
  - http://www.andrewtechhelp.com/ Andrew Tech Help
    tried going to Settings Charm, App Updates & Check for Updates? That’s what worked for me.
Dingold
I don’t see the button, but you can also take the image URL, which looks something like this: http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg?p=rb%2fIceWineHarvest_EN-US9355617806_1366x768.jpg and replace “1366×768″ with “1920×1200.” Not as easy as clicking a button, but it works for me.
Gnomb
What resulution is used for the downloaded images? If you just want do get the BingImages take a look here: http://www.istartedsomething.com/bingimages/
- http://www.LiveSide.net Kip Kniskern – LiveSide.net
  Images are .jpg, 1920×1200 24bit @ 96dpi
Mario Albertico
I’ve been connected to Facebook and still haven’t seen the Download button :(
http://www.facebook.com/robinvanveghel Robin van Veghel
Me neither, no button here :(
BG
got nuthin
http://twitter.com/thenonhacker thenonhacker
Connected to FB, No Download Button yet.