Apple will continue to use Google Search in desktop Safari for the current operating system. However, Safari on Yosemite will also use Spotlight, which, by default, will use Bing to access the web.

Apple announced today that it is switching from Bing to Google as the Web search provider for Siri, Search within iOS, and Spotlight on Mac. Apple officials did say they will continue to use Bing ...

Apple is switching Siri's default search provider from Bing to Google. It's also making the switch on iOS Search and Spotlight for Mac.

Google is expected to fork over $15 billion to Apple this year to keep its search engine the default on Safari.

Apple is switching the default provider of its web searches from Siri, Search inside iOS (formerly called Spotlight) and Spotlight on the Mac. So, for instance, if Siri falls back to a web search ...

That is competition,” Google explained. Also in the filing, Google wrote that Microsoft approached Apple in 2018 to tout improvements it had made to Bing’s search quality.

Apple is ditching Bing and will now use Google to power the default search engine for Siri, Search within iOS (iOS search bar), and Spotlight on Mac.

This also means the HomePod will use Google search when it ships in December and not Bing. Sorry Microsoft! (I wouldn’t hold my breath on Google Maps ever replacing Apple Maps though.) ...