TechPhonesAndroid PhonesDon’t panic: Samsung isn’t dropping Google from the Galaxy S24The rumoured Samsung switch from Google to Bing isn’t happening… yetWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesDon’t panic: Samsung isn’t dropping Google from the Galaxy S24The rumoured Samsung switch from Google to Bing isn’t happening… yetWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The rumoured Samsung switch from Google to Bing isn’t happening… yet
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(Image credit: EVLeaks / Samsung)
(Image credit: EVLeaks / Samsung)
Imagine if thebest Android phonesdidn’t haveGoogleas their search engine. As wild as it sounds, that’s whatSamsungwas reportedly considering. But don’t worry: according to a new and well-informed report, Samsung has canned its plans for the time being. TheSamsung Galaxy S24, like theSamsung Galaxy S23and its predecessors, will still be a Google machine.
The new report comes from the Wall Street Journal (paywall), which says that Samsung has now abandoned its plans to make Bing the default search engine in its own web browser. That’s good news for Google, which reportedly brings in $3 billion a year from search on Samsung. But why was Samsung considering moving away – and can it even do that when it’s running Google’s own mobile OS?
Why Samsung was considering swapping Google for Bing
Samsung’s review was only looking at its own web browser, because Google is baked intoAndroidlike currants into a bun. It’s been suggested that Bing’s embrace of AI may have been one of the considerations – Bing is moving to a much more conversational kind of search – but it’s quite possible that the sheer awfulness of modern Google search was probably a factor too.
The WSJ says that Samsung decided not to switch in part because it would have been too disruptive, and partly because many Samsung users don’t use the in-house browser anyway. But that doesn’t mean it won’t switch at some point in the future: according to the report, Samsung “isn’t permanently closing the door” on the idea of changing its default search engine in the future.
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