Google paid $26.3 billion to be the default search engine on mobile phones and web browsers in 2021, according to a slide made public Friday in a federal antitrust trial against the company.
The number is a more granular look into how much Google pays partners, including Apple , to be the default search engine on their products.
Bernstein previously estimated Google could pay Apple as much as $19 billion this year for the out-of-the-box default placement on Apple devices.
Google has argued that users can still opt to change their default search engine with a few clicks.
The slide included numbers dating back to 2014, when Google booked revenue of roughly $47 billion for the division and paid about $7.1 billion for the default status.
Persons:
Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Joe Biden, Bernstein, UCWeb
Organizations:
Apple, White, Washington , D.C, Google, U.S . Department of Justice, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Mobile, Verizon, Mozilla, Opera, DOJ, TAC, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Big Tech
Locations:
Washington ,, U.S