Google won’t have to sell Chrome or Android, court rules

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• A federal court has ruled that Google will not be required to sell Chrome or Android.
• The significant ruling is the latest twist in the long-running antitrust case against the company.
• The company is barred from requiring OEMs to preload the Play Store or other Google apps in exchange for Search.

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In the long-running saga, Google appears to have avoided one of the most significant possible outcomes of its US antitrust case. A federal court ruled that the company would not be forced to break up key parts of its business, which included avoiding the sale of both Chrome and Android.

According to the ruling from the US District Court for the District of Columbia, “Google will not be required to divest Chrome; nor will the court include a contingent divestiture of the Android operating system in the final judgment.” The court also confirmed that “Google will not have to present users with choice screens on its products or encourage its Android distribution partners to do the same.”

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