Google not required to sell Chrome or Android, judge rules in antitrust case - live updates

Summary

• A US judge has ruled that Google doesn't need to sell off its Android operating system or its Chrome browser in a monopoly case
• However, the tech giant has been ordered to share data with competitors to help open up competition in online search
• The judgment follows a finding that Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in online search
• Google was sued by the US Department of Justice in 2020 over its control of about 90% of the online search market
• Prosecutors accused Google of spending billions of dollars annually to Apple, Samsung, Mozilla and others to be pre-installed as the default search engine
• The US said Google typically pays more than $10bn (£7.8bn) a year for that privilege