EU Fines Google €890 Million for DMA Breaches in Search and App Store
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Updated · The Guardian · Jul 23
EU Fines Google €890 Million for DMA Breaches in Search and App Store
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Jul 23
Summary
€890 million in EU fines hit Google over two Digital Markets Act breaches—€460 million tied to search and €430 million to its app store practices.
The European Commission said Google favored its own shopping and hotel services in search results and blocked app developers from steering users to cheaper offers on websites or rival app stores.
Brussels ordered Google to rank third-party services on fair, non-discriminatory terms and let developers promote outside offers; officials said Google has already made substantial progress on search-result changes.
Google can appeal and seek interim measures to suspend the decision, while EU officials said the timing was unrelated to expiring U.S. tariffs despite the risk of angering Donald Trump.
Will the EU's billion-dollar fine actually change what you see first in your Google search results?
Is the EU's war on Big Tech about to trigger a full-blown trans-Atlantic trade war?
By forcing Google to open its systems, is the EU risking the security of millions of Android users?
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Overview
In July 2026, the European Union delivered a major legal verdict against Google, confirming a 4.125 billion euro fine for its historical Android practices. This ruling closed a landmark antitrust case and reinforced the EU’s commitment to using competition law to address Big Tech dominance. Previously, Google had faced over €8 billion in fines for various antitrust violations. Now, Alphabet is under new pressure as the EU imposes immediate regulatory demands and prepares further penalties under the Digital Markets Act. Market watchers are closely following how Google will respond and adapt its business practices in Europe.