Apple executives have said they picked Google because it's the best search engine, not primarily because of Google's payments.
The deal with Microsoft wasn't completed and Giannandrea said he believed Apple CEO Tim Cook told Microsoft it wasn't going forward.
Google pays Apple as much as $19 billion per year to be the default search engine on Apple products, according to an estimate .
Microsoft was interested in Apple paying for improvements to the search engine, Giannandrea said, including expanding it to additional international markets.
He also compared Bing and Google search in 2021 to see the progress Microsoft had made and found Google was significantly better at mobile queries.
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