This article was published on June 19, 2013

Google and Bing have a little disagreement about the Xbox One


Google and Bing have a little disagreement about the Xbox One

If you ask Bing about the coming Xbox One console, it has a pretty simple take. Google’s is a bit more complex. What’s interesting, or fun, is that they are diametrically opposed.

Fresh screenshots that I took myself between 4:55 and 5:03 PST today:

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And Google:

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Well then.

Intrigue? Horror? Naw. Check this out:

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And:

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Bing simply processes the query “the Xbox One is” very differently than “Xbox One is,” and Google doesn’t appear to. It makes for a funny Facebook-shareable. And Reddit will probably have a field day, but there isn’t much more here than a cheap laugh.

Which we are not above. To make it more fair, Bing doesn’t appear to think much of me either:

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Top Image Credit: BTO

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