Through Chrome, Google is also able to direct users toward its other products and tools, including its own AI chatbot, Gemini.
To address Google’s monopoly in the search engine market, the Justice Department said in a court filing last month that it’s looking for remedies that would prevent and restrain any present and future maintenance of its dominance.
Actions being considered included “behavioral and structural remedies that would prevent Google from using products such as Chrome, Play, and Android to advantage Google search and Google search-related products and features.”
Shares of Google parent Alphabet were down 0.35% in pre-market trading Tuesday.