Samsung Electronics Co. an “enormous sum of money” every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company’s practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law.

Google is shelling out an “enormous sum” to Samsung to pre-install its Gemini AI app on Galaxy devices, a move revealed during an antitrust trial with the US Department of Justice. This deal, echoing Google’s past payments to secure its search engine’s dominance,

As highlighted by Bloomberg News after going through court testimonies in the ongoing US Department of Justice antitrust trial against Google, the tech giant has been paying Samsung an "enormous sum of money" on a monthly basis to pre-install Gemini on Samsung phones and other devices.