EU Supreme Court Upholds Google's 4.125 Billion Euro Android Antitrust Fine
The decision finalizes one of the largest antitrust penalties in EU history and may encourage other regulators and companies to pursue damages from Google.
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The European Court of Justice dismissed Google and Alphabet's final appeal on July 2, 2026, upholding a 4.125 billion euro fine originally imposed by the European Commission in 2018 for anti-competitive Android contracts that required pre-installation of Google Search and Chrome and restricted unauthorized Android forks. The ruling ends an eight-year legal battle.
The European Court of Justice on July 2 dismissed Google and Alphabet's appeal against a 4.125 billion euro fine over Android contracts, ending an eight-year antitrust case. The court found that Google's requirement for device makers to pre-install Google Search and Chrome as a condition for licensing Google Play, and its restrictions on devices running unauthorized Android forks, constituted an abuse of dominance. The ruling upholds a 2022 reduction from the original 4.342865 billion euro penalty but confirms the core finding of anti-competitive conduct. Google said it has already changed its contracts to comply with the 2018 decision.
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