will be using vs will be used

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Will be using' is used when referring to someone or something actively using something in the future, while 'will be used' is used when talking about something that will be utilized in the future.

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will be using

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to someone or something actively using something in the future.

This phrase is used to indicate an action that will be ongoing in the future. It implies that the subject will actively engage in using something.

Examples:

I will be using my laptop to work on the project tomorrow.
She will be using her car to drive to the party tonight.

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Frank will be using his investigative acumen to narrow down the suspects.
the specific equipment the seafarer will be using or operating; and
Holden will be using the name as a tax dodge.
Clean and dry the areas of the skin where you will be using it.
These three will be using this as a base of operations, and I'll be supervising their security.
For the first time since the Roman Empire, Europeans from the Irish Sea to the Mediterranean will be using the same currency.
We have been quite right to focus our efforts so far on those who will be using the euro as from 1 January 1999, but we must not make the mistake of believing that this is enough.
(i) the specific equipment the seafarer will be using or operating; and
Europe must redouble its efforts to be equal to the challenges presented by energy policy, for by 2030 the world will be using 50% more energy and Europe will become even more markedly dependent on the importation of fossil energy sources.
I need hardly say that neither power plant will be using CCS.
You will be working as a team against a group of wounded servicemen who will be using the off the shelf off-road scooters.
The Taoiseach in particular will be using his pre-European Council tour of capitals, which started this week, to tease out Member States' concerns, to assuage those concerns, to answer any outstanding fears and to bring matters to resolution.
With the first pick of the draft hours away, my sources are telling me the New York Hawks will be using their third-round pick to fill their need at cornerback.
And I will be using an excuse to be named later.
For this we will be using the new opportunities already provided by the Lisbon Treaty.
Many of us will be using the services of the company LSG Lufthansa Skychef.
I, however, am so confident about the Hammerhead-i Eagle Thrust, that we will be using a different sort of dummy.
The Bureau will be using an outside consultant for all future profiling on this case.
It is estimated that by 2014 over 500 million consumers will be using money transfer and payment services via their mobile phones.
They are therefore quite new rules and we will be using them as a benchmark for our accounting system.

Alternatives:

will use
will be utilizing
will be employing
will be making use of
will be operating

will be used

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when talking about something that will be utilized in the future.

This phrase is used to indicate that something will be the object of an action in the future. It implies that the subject will not actively engage in using something but that it will be utilized by someone or something else.