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Google paid Samsung hefty amounts of money to preinstall Gemini

Google's VP confirms these monthly payments have been going out since January.

Bloomberg states that Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing this case, found out last year about the practice of paying companies to set their apps as default on Samsung phones—a clear violation of the antitrust laws. (Image credit: Brady Snyder / Android Central)In response to these allegations, Fitzgerald stated that other companies like Microsoft, Meta and OpenAI have all approached Samsung with "competitive offers," to make their AI a default on its devices. (Image credit: Jay Bonggolto / Android Central)That said, internal documents that were revealed in the trial state that Google could extend the said contract until 2028, making Gemini an exclusive AI platform on future Galaxy devices.

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