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Goodwill and Intangible Assets
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill and Intangible Assets
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we completed several business acquisitions that were not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements, either individually or in the aggregate. Accordingly, pro forma historical results of operations related to these business acquisitions during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 have not been presented. We have included the financial results of these business acquisitions in our condensed consolidated financial statements from their respective dates of acquisition.
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are as follows (in millions): 
Balance as of December 31, 2019
$
18,715

Goodwill acquired
314

Effect of currency translation adjustment
2

Balance as of September 30, 2020
$
19,031

The following table sets forth the major categories of the intangible assets and the weighted‑average remaining useful lives for those assets that are not already fully amortized (in millions):
 
 
 
September 30, 2020
 
December 31, 2019
 
Weighted-Average Remaining Useful Lives
(in years)
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net Carrying Amount
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net Carrying Amount
Acquired users
1.0
 
$
2,056

 
$
(1,767
)
 
$
289

 
$
2,056

 
$
(1,550
)
 
$
506

Acquired technology
3.0
 
1,293

 
(1,060
)
 
233

 
1,158

 
(986
)
 
172

Acquired patents
4.2
 
805

 
(665
)
 
140

 
805

 
(625
)
 
180

Trade names
1.9
 
641

 
(618
)
 
23

 
635

 
(604
)
 
31

Other
3.4
 
223

 
(164
)
 
59

 
162

 
(157
)
 
5

    Total intangible assets
 
 
$
5,018

 
$
(4,274
)
 
$
744

 
$
4,816

 
$
(3,922
)
 
$
894


Amortization expense of intangible assets was $123 million and $145 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $352 million and $457 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
As of September 30, 2020, expected amortization expense for the unamortized acquired intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in millions):
The remainder of 2020
$
120

2021
388

2022
122

2023
54

2024
29

Thereafter
31

Total
$
744