Google supposedly pays a “huge sum of money” to Samsung to pre -install the Gemini application. According to the report, the Mountain View technology giant began to pay the South Korean technology giant in January. It was said that the information was revealed by a Google executive while witnessing in the antitrust case in progress against the US Department of Justice. However, the company claimed that the agreement does not prohibit Samsung from pre -installing Alternative Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications on its devices or looking for similar business from other companies.
Google is paying to Samsung to pre -install twins on its devices
According to a Bloomberg reportGoogle is paying a heavy amount to Samsung to get the GEMINI pre -installed application on its devices. It was said that the information was shared by Peter Fitzgerald, deputy president of global partnerships, platforms and devices on Google, during his testimony in a court. The executive would have witnessed in the antitrust case of the US Department of Justice against Google.
Although the exact amount was not disclosed, Fitzgerald said it was a “huge amount of money.” It is said that Google started to pay Samsung Since January, and the contract will compete for at least two years.
The Google executive would have said that the company makes a fixed monthly payment “for each device that pre -installa twins”. In addition, it is also said that Samsung gets a percentage of the recipe that Google earns with users by signing Gemini Advanced.
There is also a disposition that allows the South -Korean brand to obtain a percentage of Google gains with ads shown in Twins App, said Fitzgerald. Gemini currently shows no ads. The crucial point of the antitrust case against Google is that it illegally paid paid original equipment (OEMs) to maintain its search engine as the default option.
However, according to the report, the Google executive clarified that the current agreement with Samsung does not prohibit the last of pre -installment the AI applications of competitors. Fitzgerald allegedly pointed out that Samsung has received “competitive offers” from companies such as Microsoft, Meta and OpenAi to pre -install its AI applications.