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Windows 8.1 Update enhances the Bing Smart Search feature by providing support for [[Natural language user interface|natural language queries]], which can detect misspellings and display apps or settings relevant to a query. For example, typing "get apps for Windows" will display a shortcut to the Windows Store.<ref name="W8.1UReview"/><ref name="MakingSmartSearchSmarter">{{cite web |url=http://blogs.bing.com/search/2014/04/30/making-smart-search-smarter/ |title=Making Smart Search Smarter |publisher=Microsoft |work=Bing |date=April 30, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2015 |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214055245/http://blogs.bing.com/search/2014/04/30/making-smart-search-smarter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Windows 8.1 Update also introduces a visible search button on the Start screen that acts as a shortcut to the Metro-style flyout interface.<ref name="PFE"/>
 
The ''Kind'' property introduced in Windows Vista to express a more friendly notion of file type has been expanded to include support for ''Playlist'' (where items are playlists) in Windows 8. In Windows 8.1, ''Unknown'' (where the kind of item is not known) is also introduced.<ref name="SystemKind">{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/properties/props-system-kind |title=System.Kind |date=January 7, 2021 |publisher=[[Microsoft]] |work=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]] |access-date=December 1, 2022}}</ref>
 
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