Google probed by Swiss regulator over Android default search feature

Switzerland’s competition regulator COMCO opened a preliminary investigation into Google’s removal of an opt-out feature that let users avoid having Google Search set as the default on mobile phones. The action raises antitrust/regulatory risk for Google, but no financial figures were provided and the probe is still preliminary.

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Switzerland’s competition regulator COMCO opened a preliminary investigation into Google’s removal of an opt-out feature that let users avoid having Google Search set as the default on mobile phones. The action raises antitrust/regulatory risk for Google, but no financial figures were provided and the probe is still preliminary.