Google settles US app store lawsuit for $700m 

The settlement is just the latest in a string of defeats for the tech giant over the Android app store. 

Google’s parent company Alphabet will pay $700m (€640.6m) and alter its Google Play policies to settle claims that the app store unlawfully dominates the Android mobile applications market, resolving antitrust complaints brought by US attorneys general of about three dozen states and consumers.

The deal disclosed in a court filing late Monday calls for tweaks to Google Play policies designed to reduce barriers to competition in the markets for app distribution and payment processing. The lawsuits that were grouped together in federal court in California had threatened billions of dollars in revenue generated by the sale and distribution of apps through Google Play.