Millions of people using Android mobile devices could receive a payout, according to the settlement website.

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Google Is Adding New Ways to Use AI Mode in Chrome

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbitration tied to the company’s online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies.

About 100 million Android users across the United States may be eligible for a cash payment from a $135 million class action settlement against Google — and you don’t need to file a claim to get it. The settlement stems from a lawsuit alleging Google’s Android operating system transferred data to Google servers without user permission.

The feature will be initially available to paid users in the U.S.

Alphabet Inc‘s Google's ad business has long been the internet's most reliable cash engine. What's changing isn't its dominance—but the speed at which Meta Platforms, Inc. is closing in, driven by its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's push into AI-driven advertising and platform expansion.

All too often, clicking the back button in your browser doesn’t actually take you back. It’s called back button hijacking, and Google has thus far tolerated it. That ends in June, when the company will designate it a “malicious practice,

Google has made some controversial decisions related to its flagship search engine in recent years, but this one will probably be pretty popular. The company announced in a developer note (via 9to5google) that it will start punishing websites that hijack users' back buttons in their web browsers.

Google will enlist its own EssilorLuxottica in a bid to level up its incoming smart glasses’ cachet. According to Reuters, Google is partnering with Gucci to make Android XR glasses in the latter company’s styling—a similar approach to Meta, which sells its own version of Ray-Ban – and Oakley-branded smart glasses.