Google has sold Motorola Mobility to Chinese computer maker Lenovo for $2.91bn (£1.8bn), in a surprise move.
Google bought the struggling US mobile phone company for $12.5bn in 2012.
Google will keep several lucrative patents, including the Android smartphone and tablet software. Lenovo picks up about 2,000 Motorola patents and its phone manufacturing operations.
In a statement, Google said the smartphone market is "super competitive".
"We believe that Motorola will be better served by Lenovo," Google added.
Acquisition spree
The purchase of Motorola was Google's largest acquisition and it signalled a growing effort by the search giant to enter the hardware business.
Motorola Mobility created the Moto X and Moto G phones.
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