Motorola will soon push Microsoft's Bing search engine onto Android phones in China, after announcing an alliance with the Redmond software giant that will see Bing appear on Androids across the globe.

In the wake of this Moto-Microsoft pact, Google has confirmed with The Reg that it has barred the use of its mobile applications on Android phones from Chinese carriers, leaving the likes of Motorola to use alternatives.
On Thursday morning, Motorola said that before the end of the quarter, it would add a Bing browser bookmark and a Bing search widget to new phones based on Google's open source OS as well as handsets already in the market.
Motorola did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but it appears that Bing will not be the default provider on the devices' browser search box.
The pact will also put Microsoft's Bing Maps service on Motorola phones.
Motorola's announcement comes amid ongoing confusion over Google's position in China - and thus Motorola's relationship with the Mountain View web giant.
In mid-January, Google threatened to shutter its China operation in response to an alleged Chinese hack attack on its internal systems, and days later, it said that it would postpone its launch of two Android phones on the Chinese carrier China Unicom - one from Samsung and one from Motorola - saying it would be ""irresponsible"" to let the launch proceed. (Source: Register)