Indian lawyers are suing Google for abusing power in TV market

Indian lawyers have sued Google for abusing its power to force more manufacturers to use its Android TV platform. Google would ban manufacturers from using a modified version of Android on smartphones or TVs. If manufacturers want to use Amazon’s Android fork Fire TV OS, they will not be allowed to put Google services on smartphones, lawyers claim, according to Reuters. The search giant is trying to force manufacturers to put Android TV on TVs instead of other Android-based operating systems.The lawyers argue that such agreements are an abuse of market power, because Google uses its dominance in the smartphone market to increase the TV market. market share. Many smartphone makers also release TVs in India, including OnePlus and Nokia. TV models from those manufacturers run on Android TV. TCL and Xiaomi are involved in the case, according to the news agency, but declined comment. Court documents such as this one are not public in India, and it is the fourth case of abuse of market power in India, Reuters reports. These other matters include the fact that Google seems to give its own payment system priority over that of its competitors.