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,

Gemini’s place as a preinstalled, default AI assistant on the Galaxy S25 came with a check attached.

Antitrust case that found Google operates a Search monopoly revealed Google paid enormous sums for Gemini AI installation on Samsung phones.