Apple confirmed that it has dropped Microsoft’s Bing search service for Google in iOS and Mac. The change impacts Siri and Search (formerly Spotlight) search queries on iOS and Spotlight on Mac, the firm says. Apple already used Google as the default search provider in Safari on both platforms.
Techcrunch was the first to report the news.
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“Switching to Google as the web search provider for Siri, Search within iOS and Spotlight on Mac will allow these services to have a consistent web search experience with the default in Safari,” an Apple statement reads. “We have strong relationships with Google and Microsoft and remain committed to delivering the best user experience possible.”
Microsoft, for its part, is pointing to the future.
“We value our relationship with Apple and look forward to continuing to partner with them in many ways to provide the best experience possible for our customers,” a Microsoft statement explains. “As we move forward, given our work to advance the field of AI, we’re confident that Bing will be at the forefront of providing a more intelligent search experience for our customers and partners.”
Microsoft can point to Amazon, AOL, and Yahoo/Verizon as those partners, but with this change, it provides only a single search service to Apple, Bing Image Search in Siri. I would imagine that Apple would like to keep some search results with a Google competitor, if only to have a fallback plan if the relationship sours again.
One wonders, however, how this will impact Bing’s search usage share. I suspect it will have a dramatic and negative impact.
As for Apple, the search results that now come from Google occur only when the device’s built-in search feature—Siri, Search, or Spotlight—can’t answer a question or query and must provide web results (which can include videos).
Stooks
<p>I don't really want to use Google products, but when they are the best in class it is hard to ignore them. I use Chrome, Youtube, Photos and Google search.</p><p><br></p><p>I have an iPhone but that new Moto X4 Android One phone on Google Fi is looking like it my be the replacement for the iPhone.</p><p><br></p><p>If Microsoft does not hurry up and fix the contact pictures on Outlook dot com I will be pointing my Outlook email at my Gmail address and will be going back to Gmail.</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><a href="#181543"><em>In reply to PeteB:</em></a></blockquote><p>Actually just tried it and with Google results she is just as dumb as ever.</p>
dontbe evil
<blockquote><a href="#181543"><em>In reply to PeteB:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p><p>siri AI rates dropped since they switched from bing to google … OOPS</p>
Bats
<p>It's kinda funny that Microsoft touts their partners to be Amazon, AOL, and Yahoo/Verizon.</p><p><br></p><p>It's hard to see Amazon partnering with Google since they have a major war going on with them.</p><p><br></p><p>As for AOL and Yahoo…lol, what happened to CompuServe, Prodigy, AltaVista, and Lycos? Also, I thought Yahoo has a deal with Google too?</p>
dontbe evil
<p>money talks</p>
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