Google plans to allow search engines to compete on the Android system

Google, owned by the Alabab group, plans to allow other search engines to compete as a default engine on new Android-based devices in Europe, but will have to pay for the franchise.

In its new proposal to avoid new European anti-monopoly sanctions, Google announced Friday its intention to give users the freedom to choose their favorite search engine.

This decision comes a year after the European Commission condemned the US tech giant to a fine of 4.34 billion euros for blocking competition by preinstalling its browser (Chrome) and applying research on smartphones and small laptops running Android.

The badociation has also asked the company to end its practices against fair competition or fines of up to 5% of the average daily income of thousands of people around the world.

Google said in a blog that European users, from the beginning of 2020, can choose a default search engine from four options, including Google, when they set up a new Android phone or tablet.

Competitive search engines will be able to use Google in the four options for separate bids in each country.