A file that Apple updated on its website last month provides the first acknowledgment that it's relying on Google's public cloud for data storage for its iCloud services.
The disclosure is fresh evidence that Google's cloud has been picking up usage as it looks to catch up with Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud infrastructure business.
Some media outlets reported on Google's iCloud win in 2016, but Apple never provided confirmation.
But in the latest version, the Microsoft Azure reference is gone, and in its place is Google Cloud Platform.
The latest update doesn't indicate whether Apple is using any Google cloud services other than core storage of "objects" like photos and videos.
The document also doesn't make it clear when Apple started storing data in Google's cloud.
In addition to Apple, other Google public cloud customers include Kroger, PayPal, Snap and Spotify. »