Google is changing the method it licenses its suite of Android apps in Europe, leading the company to charge a licensing fee for the Play Store and other Google apps for the first time. Google hasn't historically charged for Android and its apps because of the income brought in out of Chrome and search. The base Android operating system going to remain free and open-source, but if phone and tablet manufacturers need Google's apps and the Play Store, they'll have to pay a license fee in Europe. But the Play Store is likely to keep phone and tablet makers attached to Google, ever it's where users can access the vast majority of Android apps. The article alextremely stated that Google apps could be installed on forked versions of Android; that was incorrect — instead, manufacturers are allowed to purvey sepaaverage forked devices.
Google will stop bundling its apps on Android phones in response to EU fine
In response to the European Union's $5 billion antitrust ruling in July, Google going to change how it bundles its apps on Android phones and charge a licensing fee for phone makers that need to pre-install apps like Gmail, Maps and YouTube in the EU. Google going to alextremely end restrictions on phone makers selling modified or "forked" versions of the mobile operating system. Previously, Google attached together a suite of 11 different apps that phone makers would have to pre-install if they wanted to license its app store, Play. In July, the EU ruled that this bundling was anti-competitive — pushing consumers toward Google's search engine and weakening elect app makers — though it only specifically called for Google to sepaaverage Chrome and Search from Play. that means that if phone makers need to pre-install those apps, they going to have to pay a fee, though the amount was not specified.
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