Bing Search Tests Moving Search Tools By Search Box

Aug 7, 2025 - 7:21 am 2 by
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Microsoft is testing moving the search tools links that is typically below the search box, to above the search box. At least I think that is where Bing places those search tools.

This was spotted by Sachin Patel who posted about this on X - he said, "Bing has changed the position of the search bar — it now appears below the filters, whereas it was previously displayed above them."

Here is what it normally looks like:

Bing Search Tools Below Box Normal

This is the test:

Bing Search Tools Bar Above Search Box

I think I like the new version?

For me, at least, it changes the position of the search tools based on the query - for some reason...

Also, Bing is testing bolding the Copilot tab:

Forum discussion at X.

 

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