Google must stop favoring Search and Chrome on Android in Japan

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April 15, 2025, 4:44 PM

• •Japan's Fair Trade Commission has ordered Google to stop making deals that give preference to Google Search and Chrome on Android devices.
• •The regulator found that Google had asked at least six different Android phone makers for such deals since July 2020.
• •Google will have to relax parts of its deals related to advertising revenue distribution so phone makers have more options.

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has ordered Google to stop making deals that give preference to Google Search and Chrome on Android devices. The regulator found that Google had asked at least six different Android phone makers for such deals since July 2020. As part of its punishment, Nikkei reports that Google will have to relax parts of its deals related to advertising revenue distribution so phone makers have more options. The company will need to get an independent third party to report on its compliance with the JFTC's order for five years.

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