First Search, now Google is paying Samsung to preload Gemini on Galaxy phones.
- Google is reportedly paying Samsung an “enormous” amount of money to pre-install Gemini on its devices.
- A Google employee testified that Google is paying Samsung a monthly fee to load Gemini on devices.
- This news comes after a US judge found Google guilty of monopolistic behavior by paying companies to pre-install its search engine.
Google has long paid smartphone makers and companies like Mozilla to pre-install its services on their platforms. Now, it turns out Google is paying Samsung a ton of money to pre-install Gemini on Galaxy phones.
Google vice-president of platforms and device partnerships Peter Fitzgerald testified in court (h/t: Bloomberg) that Google started paying Samsung a monthly fee to pre-install Gemini on Galaxy devices. The executive said these monthly payments started in January and that the contract was set to last for at least two years. The total fee wasn’t disclosed, but a Department of Justice lawyer claimed that Google was paying Samsung an “enormous sum of money.”
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