The three highest bidders plus Google will be shown in a random order. Note that the options for search engines vary by country, each engine is free to bid in the auction for the countries it’s interested in.

However, starting in March this year, the screen will become part of the initial setup of the device. The choice screen currently appears the first time you launch the Play Store. You will be asked to pick a default search engine when setting up an Android phone PrivacyWall, Qwant and Yandex were other popular choices, you can see the full list below. The clear runner-up is, a meta search engine with a social networking twist. Unfortunately for Microsoft, its engine didn't even make the Top 3 everywhere else. It was the top choice in all EU countries but one – the UK. The clear winner is the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo. The choice screen rolled out to users in the middle of last year, which brings us to today – Google announced the most popular alternative search engines per country. After the EU ruled that Google should offer Android users a choice of search engine and browser, the company held an auction for alternative search engines that wanted to participate.

Alternative to duckduckgo