Android users in India can finally use alternative search and payment methods

Android users in India will get more control over their devices due to court ruling. Starting next month, Android users in India will be able to choose a different billing system than the default when paying for apps and in-app smartphone purchases. From Play Store. Google will also allow users in India to select another search engine as their default right when setting up a new device. This may affect his future EU regulation.

the move comes after the verdict last week by the Supreme Court of India.The case was initiated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) late last year. fined Google fined $161 million for imposing restrictions on manufacturing partners. Google tried to challenge the order by maintaining this kind of practice. Stall “No other jurisdiction has called for such sweeping changes,” he said of the Android ecosystem.

Google lost that battle. His Android users in India can now select their default search engine from the initial settings screen on both smartphones and tablet devices running Android. You can choose another billing service for your app or game to avoid Google’s fees, but developers can still provide the option to use Google Play.

Google will also no longer be able to require the installation of its own branded apps to license it to run the Android OS. Indian device makers will now be able to license “individual Google apps” for pre-installation as they please, rather than having to bundle and cabdolize entire kits. Google is also updating his Android compatibility requirements for OEM partners to “build incompatible or forked variants.”

Google plans to appeal “certain aspects of CCI’s decision,” but is clearly not very happy.from blog:

Implementing these changes across the ecosystem is a complex process, requires a lot of work on our part, and often requires support from partners, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and developers. will require a great deal of effort.

India is one of the major markets for the Android platform, so it will be interesting to see how Indian users accept the legislation.Of particular note is how you lookthe user will react to what you can Choose to purchase apps and other in-app purchases through the Play Store, where Google takes a 30% commission on each transaction, or through alternative billing services such as JIOmoney Also payment— or even Amazon Pay available in India.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Google is already in hot water trying to maintain a pulse of transactions on the Play Store.please remember fortnite A fiasco between Epic Games and Google (and Apple)? Epic filed a lawsuit because allowing Google to sell in-game currency directly through its website means Google does not receive a portion of the sales, hence the Play Store’s app store policy. for stating that it violates

What’s happening in India, along with other antitrust lawsuits Google is juggling, could very well tell what’s to come for Google. Google is EUhas already been fined $8.24 billion. Anti-Competitive Behavior. The first charge accused Google of requiring phone makers to install the Chrome mobile browser and search tool on their devices and offering them financial incentives to put the app on their phones. And for companies that didn’t comply, Google would have cut off access to the Google Play Store, the app store that powers the entire ecosystem.

The US Department of Justice has also filed a second lawsuit against Google’s parent company, Alphabet. this week For practice in the digital advertising business, claim The company alleged that it “sabotaged legitimate competition in the ad tech industry” in order to build a monopoly.