Microsoft and Google are the two largest technology companies in the world and are rivals in some space where they end up colliding each other.
Back in 2015, the two companies have signed ‘pacts’ where they agreed not to demand each other.
Now, according to a report by the Financial Times, the two companies have decided to end the pact.
The report said that the pact was supposed to be extended in April 2021 but the two companies decided not to continue.
The next report quotes the source that claims that the pact does not lead to better cooperation between the two companies.
When the pact was signed – in 2015 – there were around 20 international cases that Google and Microsoft were involved.
With a signed pact, they all ended and the two companies achieved completion – reportedly included financial arrangements too.
The Financial Times report suggests that the source claims that Google finally benefits more than Microsoft from the agreement.
Allegedly that Microsoft works with Google refusing Android applications running on Windows.
It didn’t happen until recently when Microsoft announced Windows 11 and said that the Android application would run on it.
However, in Windows 11, the Android application must be downloaded via the Amazon App Store and not the Google Play Store.
One other reason is an anti-trust investigation faced by large technology companies in the US.
A series of actions are being proposed in the US to curb influence and strength of technology companies.
Google – along with Apple and others – is the ‘target’ of these steps but interesting Microsoft is not part of the company being seen.