Motorola has reached a deal with Microsoft that will make Bing search and mapping services available on its Google Android-packing phones.

Motorola said the partnership with Microsoft means that a Bing bookmark and search widget will be loaded on new mobile phones. The first ones are set to be made available in China.

The move came shortly after Motorola struck a similar deal to its Chinese customers use Baidu, among others, as the default web browser instead of Google on Android-based phones.

The partnerships come against a backdrop of Google’s dispute with China over censorship. With Motorola banking on its partnership with Google to offer Android to the market, it would make business sense for it to have partnerships with alternative search providers should Google decide to quit the country, analysts believe.