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Search automatically uses Bing instead of Google

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Sanju
Sanju
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Hi, Most of the time when I search, the engine automatically used is Bing and not Google. This is despite setting Google as default.

Is this an annoying bug? Or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

Hi, Most of the time when I search, the engine automatically used is Bing and not Google. This is despite setting Google as default. Is this an annoying bug? Or am I doing something wrong? Thanks

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Never mind. This was caused when "Microsoft SwiftKey deep search" is toggled on. This was enabled by default in SwiftKey. Once I turned it off, I am now always taken to Google results and no more of Bing's.

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Sanju
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Never mind. This was caused when "Microsoft SwiftKey deep search" is toggled on. This was enabled by default in SwiftKey. Once I turned it off, I am now always taken to Google results and no more of Bing's.

Thanks.

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tony142
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THANK YOU!!!! I've been searching for weeks on how to solve this switching to Bing issue. Swiftkey should somehow document this or fix the issue.

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