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Google agrees A$55 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australian telcos

[SYDNEY] Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million (S$46 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country’s two largest telcos to pre-inst...

The judge’s order resulted from Google’s defeat in an antitrust case brought by Epic, where a California jury decided that Google wields illegal monopoly power through its Android Play Store.

Google must open Android to rival app stores: US court

[SAN FRANCISCO] A US federal court ruled on Thursday that Google must open its Android operating system to rival app stores, after the internet giant lost an appeal in an antitrust case filed by Fortn...

The jury agreed with the plaintiffs that Alphabet’s Google was liable for sending and receiving information from the devices without permission while they were idle.

Google hit with US$314 million US verdict in cellular data class action

A JURY in San Jose, California, said on Tuesday that Google misused customers’ cell phone data and must pay more than US$314.6 million to Android smartphone users in the state, according to an attorne...

Android is the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, powering devices by companies from Samsung Electronics to Xiaomi.

Google unveils major Android redesign ahead of iPhone overhaul

The software will be available to download in its final form later this year, starting with the company’s own line of Pixel phones

The cuts follow the company’s January buyout offers to employees in the unit, the report says.

Google lays off hundreds of employees in Android, Pixel Group: The Information

[BENGALURU] Alphabet’s Google on Thursday (Apr 10) laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on the Android software, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser, The Infor...

The Digital Markets Act, which came into effect in March 2024, sets out a list of dos and don’ts for digital gatekeepers such as Google as part of the EU’s goal of securing a level playing field.

Google loses fight on Android Auto access, bodes ill for Big Tech

ALPHABET unit Google’s refusal to let an Enel e-mobility app access its Android Auto platform can be considered an abuse of its market power, Europe’s top court said on Tuesday in a ruling that could...

Taking this step suggests that Apple is trying to boost the appeal of TV+ and challenge streaming services such as Netflix and Disney+.

Apple brings TV+ to Android phones in bid to boost subscribers

The move marks the rare occasion when Apple is offering services on Google’s Android, its biggest competitor in smartphone software

People check Huawei's new Mate 70 mobile phone at a shop at the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing, China, Nov 26, 2024.

Huawei plans to drop Android entirely in gadgets from 2025

HUAWEI said that from next year its new smartphones and tablets will run on an operating system stripped of Google’s open-source Android technology.

Google has already appealed the jury’s antitrust findings to the 9th Circuit.

Google granted request to pause order on Play store overhaul

A FEDERAL judge in California has granted Google’s request to temporarily pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov 1 to give consumers more choice over...

Google says aggregators and telcos will verify a company’s legal identity and sender ID against Singapore’s SMS Sender ID Registry to ensure that messages are sent only by legitimate brands.

Google launches RCS business messaging as a more secure alternative to SMS

However, not all telcos have been approached to enable the sending of such messages