Google's appeal of EU antitrust fine upheld, company to pay $4.7 billion

In 2018, Google was fined 4.34 billion euros ($4.9 billion) by the European Union for abusing its monopoly on the Android operating system. The company has since challenged this decision, but the Court of Justice of the European Union has upheld the fine, leaving Google without further options for appeal. The penalty was slightly reduced by a lower court in 2022 to 4.1 billion euros ($4.7 billion), which is the amount Google is now required to pay. The fine relates to Google's practice of bundling its apps, such as Google Search and Chrome, as default options on Android devices, which the EU argues gives Google an unfair competitive advantage.