According to Google, Microsoft's Bing search engine has a prominent listing for its competitor Google.
According to Google, the allegation was made in court when the company appealed against a €4.3bn ($5bn) punishment from the European Union for market power abuse.
Android's success in the smartphone industry, the EU said, was exploited by Google to make Google the default search engine.
In any case, Google insists that their service is the most widely used.
The EU General Court was informed by lawyer Alfonso Lamadrid that the most frequent search term on Bing is "Google," according to Bloomberg. "People use Google voluntarily rather than as a result of coercion.
With 95% of people choosing Google over other search engines, it's clear that Google has a dominant position in general search.
To the record 2018 fine, Google argues that its customers have chosen to utilize its services.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post at the time that Android had "provided more choice for everyone, not less" option.
Even though Google forced Android makers to pre-install its search app and Chrome web browser - and paid some to make it the sole pre-installed program - Margrethe Vestager, then the EU's Competition Commissioner, claimed this meant just 1% of users downloaded another search app.
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