Overview

• The U.S. Justice Department is pressing for Google to sell its Chrome browser and end exclusive default search deals with companies like Apple and Samsung.
• Proposed remedies include licensing Google’s search data to competitors and potentially divesting Android if initial measures fail to restore competition.
• The DOJ argues that forward-looking measures are necessary to prevent Google from using AI to entrench its search dominance further.
• Google contests the proposals, calling them extreme and warning of potential harm to consumers, innovation, and national security, while planning to appeal any imposed remedies.
• The three-week hearing, featuring testimony from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and competitors like Apple and Mozilla, will conclude in May, with a final decision expected by late summer.