Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on iPhone
- Court records reveal details of two companies' relationship
- Disclosure shows how Apple benefits from Google's ad business
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Google Inc. is paying Apple Inc. a hefty fee to keep its search bar on the iPhone.
Apple received $1 billion from its rival in 2014, according to a transcript of court proceedings from Oracle Corp.’s copyright lawsuit against Google. The search engine giant has an agreement with Apple that gives the iPhone maker a percentage of the revenue Google generates through the Apple device, an attorney for Oracle said at a Jan. 14 hearing in federal court.