Apple wants to join the antitrust case against Google, and it has explained why it doesn't want to create its own rival search engine.

Apple Inc. has asked to participate in an upcoming antitrust trial that will focus on Google LLC’s practices in the search market. Reuters reported the request today, citing a court document filed on Monday.

Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send the iPhone maker billions of dollars each year for making Google the default search engine on its Safari browser.

Apple is requesting to join Google's antitrust trial to protect their $20 billion annual search engine partnership. Apple asserts no plans to develop its own search engine and argues that removing Google as the default search engine would harm consumers.

In a declaration filed on Monday, Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, asserted that Apple has no interest in creating its own search engine and would prefer to continue to use Google.

Apple senior VP of services Eddy Cue says Apple will not create a search engine to compete with Google as it “would cost billions of dollars and take many years,” as recorded in a motion to intervene filed with the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday.

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Apple has asked to participate in Google’s upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, reports Reuters. The tech giant says it can’t rely on Google to defend revenue-sharing agreements that send

Apple has stepped into Google’s high-stakes antitrust trial, aiming to defend its billion-dollar revenue-sharing agreement with the search giant, according to Reuters. This arrangement ensures Google remains the default search engine on Apple’s Safari browser,