Google is looking at two fines from the European Union, which claims the company violated the Digital Markets Act with both Search and the Google Play Store.
The total amount was announced and detailed by the European Union on July 23 (via The Verge). It states that two fines have been issued, one for €460 million and a fine of €430 million. The European Union says Google has 60 days to pay the €890 million ($1 billion), or it will be fined with additional payments based on its global revenue.
The first fine for €460 million is the latest action in a two-year ongoing investigation that led to a preliminary ruling in March 2025. The EU accused Google of violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by giving its own services “preferential treatment” in Google Search. It said Google’s products showed up more prominently in search results where third-party services don’t take up the same real estate.
Those services include Google’s shopping, hotel, transport, and sports results, which populate Search before similar results from companies that provide the same information.
In May 2026, an extension was granted to Google after the solution it presented was deemed unacceptable. Google called the following changes it made “the biggest downgrade in the product’s history” in an interview with Reuters.
