Android is no longer on the chopping block in the Google antitrust case.
Federal antitrust officials are trying to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser as part of an antitrust ruling and are no longer targeting an Android sell-off, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
The judge is also being asked to force Google to implement new rules around Google’s AI and Android tech, though it’s currently unclear what exactly those rules might be. Data licensing requirements may also be implemented, according to the report, which doesn’t elaborate further on the type of data in question.
The changes and proposed resolutions come months after the judge ruled in August that Google’s search engine is a monopoly in the case, which was brought forth by the US Department of Justice in 2020. Chrome is reportedly a primary concern for the antitrust regulators because they see it as a main way to access Google Search.
