The EU has ordered Google to pay a major fine—reported at about €890 million in coverage—for competition violations involving how Android arrangements were used to disadvantage rivals. The action stems from earlier findings that Google leveraged its dominance in the mobile operating-system ecosystem through requirements tied to installing Google apps and payments aimed at steering manufacturers toward exclusivity. A key appeal outcome has now upheld the penalty, making it one of the largest fines ever issued against the company. Google says it will challenge aspects of the decision.
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