Might 19 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is not going to change the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) Bing any time quickly, the Wall Avenue Journal reported on Friday, citing individuals conversant in the matter.
Samsung has suspended an inside assessment that explored changing Google with Bing on its web-browsing app, which comes pre-installed on the corporate’s smartphones, in accordance with the report.
Google and Samsung didn’t reply to Reuters requests for remark. Microsoft declined to remark.
A large a part of the income earned by search-engine firms comes from their long-term partnerships with cellphone makers akin to Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Xiaomi.
Google earns an estimated $3 billion in annual income from the Samsung contract, in accordance with an April 16 report by the New York Occasions.
Samsung contemplating a possible shift to Bing was first reported final month and had weighed on Alphabet’s shares on the time.
The mixing of OpenAI’s synthetic intelligence know-how into Microsoft-owned Bing has pushed individuals to the little-used search engine and helped it compete higher with market chief Google in web page visits development, in accordance with information from analytics agency Similarweb.
Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Modifying by Devika Syamnath
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