U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile has reportedly ditched Yahoo as its default search engine on BlackBerry devices. Search giant Google is now expected to provide the default search option for T-Mobile BlackBerry users. Good news for BlackBerry smartphone users in the United States on T-Mobile, at least if you’re a fan of search giant Google: The wireless carrier will soon swap out the Yahoo default search option within the BlackBerry Browser for Google’s industry-leading search engine, according to MocoNews.net and other reports. Being a T-Mobile Blackberry users myself and a fan of Google, I’d be pleased, to say the least, if T-Mobile decided to swap out the default Yahoo search option in my BlackBerry browser…but as of nine am EST this morning that still hasn’t happened, contrary to a number of news reports. Yahoo has been the default search engine for BlackBerry users on T-Mobile’s U.S. network for a year or so, according to MocoNews. In other words, whenever T-Mobile BlackBerry owners opened up their BlackBerry browsers and navigated to the browser’s “Go to” or home page, the on-screen search bar was automatically set to Yahoo–though you could easily switch out Yahoo for Google on your own. If the recent reports prove to be true, that should soon change so that the BlackBerry default search engine on the browser’s home screen will be Google. I’ve complained in the past about the Yahoo default BlackBerry search on T-Mobile, but it was honestly never really a big deal, because I could always change the option to Google–unlike some Verizon BlackBerry users who are currently being “forced” to use Microsoft’s Bing for mobile search. Though I’m still seeing Yahoo as the default search provider in my BlackBerry browser, I noticed that T-Mobile has ditched Yahoo for Google on its “Web2Go” page, an online search and account info page for T-Mobile customers, which seems to suggest it’s only a matter of time before Google appears as the default search in the BlackBerry browser, as well. I reached out to T-Mobile for additional information on the news this morning, but have not yet heard back. I’ll update my post with any relevant information I may receive as soon as possible. AS Related content BrandPost The future of trust—no more playing catch up Broadcom: 2023 Tech Trends That Transform IT By Eric Chien, Director of Security Response, Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Mar 31, 2023 5 mins Security BrandPost TCS gives Blackhawk Network an edge with Microsoft Cloud In this case study, Blackhawk Network’s Cara Renfroe joins Tata Consultancy Services’ Rakesh Kumar and Microsoft’s Nilendu Pattanaik to explain how TCS transformed the gift card company’s customer engagement and global operati By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Cloud Computing IT Leadership BrandPost How TCS pioneered the ‘borderless workspace’ with Microsoft 365 Microsoft’s modern workplace solution proved a perfect fit for improving productivity and collaboration, while maintaining security of systems and data. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 1 min Financial Services Industry Microsoft Cloud Computing BrandPost Supply chain decarbonization: The missing link to net zero By improving the quality of global supply chain data, enterprises can better measure their true carbon footprint and make progress toward a net-zero business ecosystem. By Tata Consultancy Services Mar 31, 2023 2 mins Retail Industry Supply Chain Green IT Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe