How to set Daily Bing wallpaper as Windows desktop wallpaper

Bing does one thing better than any other search engine – Daily Bing wallpapers. The beautiful scenes are a nice contrast to the nonsense of Google . And if you really like the images, set them as your Windows desktop wallpaper.

 

Set Daily Bing Wallpaper Using Bing App

The easiest and official way to set the Daily Bing wallpaper as your desktop wallpaper is to use the Bing Wallpaper app . Just make sure to uncheck the boxes that try to trick you into switching your various defaults to Bing. If you want to switch to Bing, that's fine.

 

 

Once you've installed the Bing Wallpaper app, it will sit in your system tray and automatically apply the Bing wallpaper of the day.

If you want to know more about your wallpaper, just tap the Bing Wallpaper icon (the little blue b) in your notification tray to open the app. Tap Settings at the bottom of the app to change your preferences, like whether or not the wallpaper changes daily or whether you want to include AI images.

 

But, one little feature that most users overlook is the Library . Many people like Bing's daily wallpapers, but sometimes they want something different. Click on Library and use the drop-down box to see more categories besides Bing, such as Cats, Flowers, and Oceans. You can also choose from many pre-existing wallpapers in each category.

Use Dynamic Theme to set Daily Bing wallpaper

The second option to get Bing's daily wallpaper is to go to the Microsoft Store and download this little app called Dynamic Theme .

 

Open Dynamic Theme and you'll see an interface that looks almost identical to the Windows Personalize settings screen.

The left pane has a variety of ways to customize your lock screen and desktop wallpaper. But for Bing Wallpaper, click Background and switch Customize your background to Bing .

You can also change some other settings here. By default, the wallpaper changes daily. But if you don't want it to change so often, select Pause the daily update and set your frequency. You can also change the time of day that the wallpaper changes.

If you don't see your wallpaper change immediately, tap Update in the Background tab to update.

 

You're not limited to Bing, though. Use the drop-down box next to Customize your background to change things up. Choose from your own photo, a rotating gallery of images on your PC, a single Bing image (scroll through to select options), Windows Spotlight (the image that appears when you sign in to Windows), or a single Windows Spotlight image (scroll to select the image you want).

As an added bonus, Dynamic Theme lets you save Bing wallpapers and Windows Spotlight images to your desktop for later use, if you want. Click Daily Bing picture or Daily Windows Spotlight picture in the left pane. Turn on Autosave and choose a folder to save the image to.

Save wallpapers manually from Bing

Downloading yet another app may not be what you want. Or maybe you just like certain Bing wallpapers. Just check Daily Bing and manually download the wallpapers you want. Yes, it's legal and approved by Microsoft. Just pay close attention to the rules – only use the images you download on your desktop, not for commercial use.

Open Bing in your favorite browser (Microsoft clearly wants you to use Edge) and hover over the wallpaper name in the lower right of the search box. Click the Download button and choose where to save it. You may want to rename it, as the default name isn't very descriptive.

 

Use the arrows next to the wallpaper name to switch to other recent wallpapers. Download those wallpapers if you want.

Right click on any image you have downloaded and select Set as desktop background .

If you like Windows Spotlight images, save them manually.

Change Windows wallpaper settings

Regardless of how you're getting your Daily Bing wallpaper, you may want to tweak a few Windows wallpaper settings to improve your experience.

Start by automatically changing the Windows accent color (taskbar, Start menu, etc.) to match your wallpaper. Press Win + I and select Personalization -> Colors . Change Accent to Automatic .

If you're downloading Bing wallpapers manually, press Win + I and select Personalization -> Background . Select Slideshow from Personalize your background . Select the folder where you saved the wallpapers and set how often you want them to change.

Add Bing Wallpapers to Android, Roku, etc.

Really like Bing wallpapers and want to use them as your desktop wallpaper? For Android, download Bing Wallpapers . Tap the three-bar menu in the top left and tap Auto Change Wallpaper . Turn on the setting and choose your frequency. Alternatively, tap any wallpaper image in the app (including in the Gallery section) and tap Set in the top right.

For iOS, you can use Daily Bing Wallpaper , but it's buggy. It's best to just manually save each wallpaper you want to use.

If you have a Roku device, search for and download the Backdrops app. Open the app and select Add Photos . Choose your source. The easiest method is to upload your downloaded wallpapers to a folder on Google Drive .

For Amazon Echo and Google Nest displays, save your Bing wallpaper to Amazon Photos or Google Drive and set your display as a photo frame.

Now that you've changed your desktop wallpaper, customize your login screen. You can even make your Windows screensaver more interesting.