How To Set Up Another Default Search Engine On iOS

If you're looking for something via the Safari browser on your iPhone or iPad, it will default to Google's search engine. If you want to use an alternative, you will do that.

Default search engine on iOS

Google is the default search engine for iOS. There, Google pays a lot of money to Apple every year. This year, the company would pay as much as $ 3 billion for deposit, three times more than Google in 2014. For Apple , that's a nice deal, but Google also benefits. Half of the revenue from Google's mobile search engine comes through iOS.

Change search engine

Maybe you'd rather use another search engine for searches on iOS, or just want to try something else. That's because, although Google is the standard, Apple offers three alternatives: Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo. Changing search engine works as follows.

1.   Open the Settings app;

2.   Scroll until you get "Safari" and tap it;

3.   Choose "Search Engine";

4.   Choose the desired alternative.

Duck Duck Go

Both Yahoo and Bing (the Microsoft search engine) are well known. Duck Duck Go may not know you. This is a search engine that distinguishes itself by calling the search engine 'you do not follow'. In short, Duck Duck Go does not store personal data. Please note if you choose another search engine because the search actually changes what you may be accustomed to from Google. That change will not be fun for all.