Summary: Microsoft is rebranding its Bing consumer apps as MSN apps and bringing them to iOS and Android devices. It also is revamping the MSN.com portal.

 

By Mary Jo Foley for All About Microsoft | September 8, 2014 -- 04:14 GMT (21:14 PDT)

 

The team inside Bing that built some of the best "Metro Style" Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps will be bringing those same apps to iOS and Android devices.

 

Microsoft officials said to expect the handful of Bing consumer apps -- which Microsoft is rebranding as MSN apps -- to come to iOS and Android "in the coming months." These touch-first apps, which include News, Weather, Travel, Finance, Sports, Health & Fitness, and Food & Drink, are currently available for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.

 

In other MSN news, Microsoft is launching on September 8 a preview of a revamped version of its MSN.com home page that highlights many of the same consumer-focused topics. That preview will be available to users in 55 markets, starting today, at preview.msn.com. Microsoft expects to remove the "beta" tag from the new MSN.com site "in the coming weeks," a spokesperson said.

 

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