Motorola Ditching Google and Favoring Bing For Maps and Search In China

 
It’s no secret that Google and China aren’t exactly the best of friends at the moment, but now Motorola has thrown its hat into the foray in a rather large way in order to protect its own interests and presumably make a nice bit of coin while doing so.

As of this quarter, all of Motorola’s Android smartphones sold in China will see Bing Search and Bing Maps replace Google Search and Google Maps. Devices currently in the hands of consumers or sitting unsold on store shelves will be getting an OTA update sometime in the near future. Both Motorola and Microsoft have not announced any specific plans to expand on their partnership outside of China, but based upon our understanding of the term “global alliance”, we don’t doubt for a second that this partnership will be introduced to other market as well.