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Google has agreed to pay $700 million to settle allegations it had been stifling competition against its Android app store.

Google has agreed to settle one of several suits brought against the company [any for what plaintiffs allege are monopolistic practices. The world’s biggest search engine/operating system producer/email provider/owner of YouTube/… the list goes on, agreed to pay out $700 million in a suit brought by multiple states in America over the firm’s requirement that […]

Google will pay $700 million and make certain changes to the Google Play app store to settle antitrust litigation brought by all 50 U.S. states.

The settlement said eligible consumers will receive at least $2 and may get additional payments based on their spending on Google Play between August 16, 2016 and September 30, 2023.

Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay $700 million and to allow for greater competition in its Play app store, according to the terms of an antitrust settlement with US states and consumers disclosed on Monday in a San Francisco federal court. Google will pay $630 million into a settlement fund for consumers and $70 million into a fund that will be used by states, according to the settlement, which still requires a judge's final approval.

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and to allow for greater competition in its Android app store, although the settlement still requires a judge's final approval.

Google-parent Alphabet has agreed to a $700 million settlement to resolve one of the antitrust claims around its app store. It’s a small hit for the...

Terms of the settlement come after Epic Games, the maker of popular online game Fortnite, won a related case against the tech giant last week.

Google's parent company will pay a fine and alter Google Play policies to settle antitrust claims - but how big a win for smaller competitors and consumers is it?

Google will now take a smaller cut of app developers’ earnings on subscriptions and in-app purchases.