Microsoft Rewards: Earn While You Explore

Microsoft Rewards is a free program designed to reward users for engaging with Microsoft products and services. In return, users earn points that can be redeemed for Microsoft products, gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations. In this program, Microsoft teams up with other companies to offer members special offers, promotions, or trial offerings.

Ways to Earn Points:

  1. Searching with Bing: Every Bing search earns points. The more you search, the more points you accumulate. Points may vary depending on the device (e.g., PC or mobile) or whether you are using the Microsoft Edge browser.

  2. Engage with Copilot: Engagement with Microsoft Copilot helps you accumulate points. Whether it's an AI chat or a request for a drawing, requests made as a Microsoft Rewards member help you add points.

  3. Shopping at the Microsoft Store: Points are earned for every dollar spent on purchases made through the Microsoft Store.

  4. Quizzes and Puzzles: Engaging in trivia and quizzes can yield additional points.

  5. Special Offers and Promotions: Users can participate in limited-time offers to earn bonus points.

Availability

Microsoft Rewards is available in over 200 countries and regions, although the opportunity to earn points varies depending on the country where the user's account is registered. Likewise, point redemption opportunities vary by country.

What does Microsoft gain from the Rewards program?

By rewarding users for their loyalty and activity, Microsoft hopes to translate the point-earning actions into habits. While Microsoft lagged behind Google in the browser search wars, its Copilot AI is proving to be a challenge to Google's Gemini. Microsoft had an army of loyal Microsoft Rewards users to call upon from day one.

Furthermore, by rewarding users, Microsoft gets to showcase its products and services. Rather than paying an advertising agency to put up an ad campaign, Microsoft pays the end user directly.

 

The curious case of the Microsoft Rewards Bing news and homepage quizzes

The answer of the 1st question of the Bing news and homepage quizzes is always 'A'.


 




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