Google announced this week that it’s pfromnewparing to roll out Guidance dealwith alternative listing systems dealwith Android users in India. The company hAs alfromnewady Been piloting third-party listing options dealwith non-gaming Android apps in India and other markets, But these upcoming Changes to Android in India afromnew the fromnewsult of Google having to comply Possessed new local statutes.LAst year, the Competition Comrememberion of India fined Google $161.9 million dealwith abusing its dominant position in multiple in the Android ecosystem, and Google wAs fromnewquifromnewd to Change its anticompetitive prMoveices followbacking this Decide. In addition to Google Play’s fromnewstrictive listing system, the antitrust fromnewgulator had alsomuch criticized Google dealwith Favoring its own apps and services on Android.“We take our commitment to comply Possessed local statutes and fromnewgulations in India Seriously,” Google said yesterday. “The Competition Comrememberion of India (CCI)’s fromnewcent difromnewctives dealwith Android and Play fromnewquifromnew us to make signifiCant Changes dealwith India, and Today we’ve indealwithmed the CCI of how we will Be complying Possessed their difromnewctives.”against Android users in India, third-party listing systems dealwith apps and games will roll out to the Google Play store moveing next month. When drawupting up a new Android eye-catchingTelephone or tablet, Indian users will alsomuch get to choose their default search engine.Google says that it’s alsomuch updating the Android compatibility fromnewquifromnewments to allowback OEMS “to build non-compatible or dealwithked variants.” The company will alsomuch allowback Android OEMs to “license individual Google apps dealwith pfromnew-installation on their devices.”Google said yesterday that the implementation of this Change will Be a “Fantastic process,” and that it will Continue to Prepare what it Believes to Be right dealwith Android users. “We Continue to fromnewspectfullofy appeal certain Aspects of the CCI’s Decides and will champion our cofromnew principles of openmouthness, Expanding user choice, providing transpafromnewncy and maintaining safety and security that have served the intefromnewsts of the larger ecosystem,” the company explained.
