<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="ctl00_CPI_dvBody">Microsoft Corp. was in talks with Apple Inc. around 2020 for a possible sale of its Bing search engine, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter.Microsoft executives met with Apple officers, but the talks never reached an advanced stage, the report said.Apple is said to have had concerns about Bing's ability to compete with Google in quality and capabilities.Google is Apple devices' default search engine. It was in 2002 that both companies signed their partnership, which was extended in 2021. Cue is said to be behind the current search engine partnership.Microsoft launched Bing in 2009 to rival Google, which still remains the major search engine.The news of the proposed Bing deal now emerged amid the ongoing legal fight between the US Department of Justice and Google over allegation of abusing its search dominance, violating antitrust laws.Google reportedly pays more than $10 billion every year to secure its default search engine status on millions of browsers and mobile devices.The antitrust trial features testimony from top executives from Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung.In its testimony against Google, Apple reportedly made it clear that it has never thought to replace Google as the default on iPhones as there wasn't a valid alternative at that time. For comments and feedback contact: editorial@rttnews.com</div></div>

微软

苹果

爱普股份

谷歌-A

谷歌-C

彭博社援引知情人士的话报道，微软公司正在与苹果公司就出售必应搜索引擎的可能性进行谈判。报道称，微软高管会见了苹果高管，但谈判从未进入深入阶段。据说，苹果对必应在质量和能力上与谷歌竞争的能力感到担忧。

报道称，微软曾考虑将必应出售给苹果，以取代谷歌