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Google could pay $9 billion to remain Apple’s default search engine

Google could be paying up to $12 billion for Apple to continue using it as their default search engine.

By: INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
| Updated on: Aug 20 2022, 10:59 IST
Google pays Apple to remain its default search engine on Safari browser.
Google pays Apple to remain its default search engine on Safari browser. (REUTERS)

Google is reportedly paying Apple a whopping $9 billion in 2018 to remain the default search engine for iPhone's Safari browser on iOS.

According to Goldman Sachs analyst Rod Hall (via Business Insider), this number would only continue to grow, potentially leading to a payment of $12 billion in 2019.

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While Apple uses Google as the default search engine in Safari on iOS, the company also uses Bing in various other places such as searching the web via Siri.

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First Published Date: 29 Sep, 12:28 IST
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