What is Microsoft edge rewards?

Do you know that you can earn gift cards, offers while purchasing games on Xbox, discounts while purchasing products on Microsoft or its partner products, or even you can donate to Non-profit organizations for absolutely free? Yes, Microsoft provides all these for users via the Microsoft Edge Rewards Program in the Edge Browser.

Microsoft Edge Rewards Program: Microsoft Edge Rewards is a reward-based program where users are rewarded with points every time they either use or browse through Bing and also while playing games on the Xbox app. These coins then can be converted into gift cards which can be used for several purposes like donation, purchasing products, etc.

Benefits of Microsoft Edge Rewards program:

The points earned through the reward program in Edge can be used to:

• Buy products from Microsoft or its partners.
• Donate to Non-Profit Organizations.
• Purchase Subscription Games for free or offered price.
• Apart from this, You can also Earn money back on purchases from top retailers when you shop online in Microsoft Edge.

Multiple ways to Earn points in the Microsoft Rewards program in Edge Browser:

1. Searching: Searching through Bing on Edge Mobile Browser or Desktop Edge Browser as well as searching on the Internet using search bar on PC’s taskbar. Each search can fetch you certain points.
2. Browsing: Browsing through the pages in the mobile browser or desktop browser can also fetch points.
3. Gaming: Playing games on Xbox desktop application also helps you to gain points.
4. Shopping/Online Purchases: Shopping or purchasing through Bing in Edge Browser will give you some money cashback according to the terms and conditions for specific product.

Steps for Signing up for Microsoft Edge Rewards:

Step 1: Open Microsoft Edge and in the home page, you will see a reward icon on the right side as shown below.

Step 2: After clicking on Rewards button, A pop up will appear describing a glance about Microsoft Rewards and requesting you to sign in via email.

Step 3: Click on Join Now and it will open a new tab for signing in and start using Microsoft Rewards, Enter your Email and password to sign in.

Step 4: After successful sign in to the Microsoft Edge Rewards, you will be redirected to the home page, Now again click on Rewards button on the right side on the home page, There will be multiple activities or tasks that you can do to earn points.

Now, We have successfully signed into Microsoft Rewards and start searching and browsing to earn points.

Step 5: Start searching, browsing or playing on XBOX app in the Edge browser to earn points. To view the points earned, you can look at the top right corner beside the rewards icon.

As shown in the below GIF, completing an activity increased the points from 18 to 26.

Note: The points achieved for each task, search, browse depends on certain conditions and levels.

Also, there might be certain restriction on maximum points that can be earned via searches in a day etc. which might change regularly.

So to track available activities, points, redeeming the points, and other information like max points in a day, max eligible searches in a day for points etc. refer to this link Bing Rewards.

Conclusion

Microsoft Edge Rewards program is a great way for users who browse, search or play games on Xbox frequently as it helps to earn points which can be redeemed into gift cards, discounts on purchasing Microsoft or it’s partner products, money cashback on purchasing through Bing in Microsoft Edge browser.