in signs of Google knows nothing its grip on Android devices is one of in one of its largest markets European Union the tech giant will let its competitors now compete for free to be default search engine on Android devices was not early in like that Google said five most popular eligible search engines in each EU country would be this faith in random order at the top of the screen while up to seven will be shown at the bottom it had please sadly only allowed four competitors chosen in separate options for each You country to be displayed on Android screens with this Google has bowed to pressure from Rivals and in Europe widening a pledged to EU antitrust Regulators two years ago the change of heart of Tech Giant followed five point one six billion dollar fine handed out by European commission you antitrust Authority in 2018 it was done for unfairly using Android
the cement dominance of its search engine the move also comes as 27 country block and see there's rules that could be introduced next year to force Google Amazon apple and Facebook to ensure a Level Playing Field for competitors Google's Android mobile operating system is one of the biggest successes ever it runs on about 4/5 of wolves for phones the US tech giant said two years ago Rivals would have to pay wire and auction for appearing on
Choi screen or new Android devices in Europe from each user select their preferred search engine
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