Google paid Samsung billions for Play Store and Search monopoly: Epic trial

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Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority
  • Google apparently paid Samsung $8 billion over four years to keep Search, Assistant, and Play Store as default services on its phones.
  • Documents reveal Google also wanted the Galaxy Store to be available through the Play Store at one point.

The ongoing Google vs. Epic trial has brought out another interesting piece of information. As per testimony presented by Epic Games (via Bloomberg), Google paid Samsung $8 billion over a period of four years to keep Search, Assistant, and Play Store as default services on Samsung phones.

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