Google’s apps may decrease in new Android smartphones, the impact of the decision against the company

The decision of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) last year against Global Tech Company Google may affect Android devices in the country. With this decision, Google will have to modify its software licensing agreement with original equipment manufacturers (OEM) like Samsung and Xiaomi in the country.

According to a leaked report, device manufacturers can continue to release Android devices such as Android devices such as global MADA (mobile application distribution license) or choose a new IMADA license in the country. It is said that IMADA is a new agreement created according to the needs in India in which OEM can choose to withdraw from the pre-installation of 11 apps of Google coming with each new Android phone. Search bar under IMADA, the folder of Google apps will also not need to be kept on the homescreen of the device.

Apart from this, users will also be able to choose their default search engine on setup of the phone. Tipster Kuba Wojciechowski (@za_Raczke) recently Tweet I had given important details about this and claimed to have access to the documents associated with it. Under the new IMADA license, companies making smartphones will be allowed to choose which Google apps they want to include. However, a condition in this is that devices under IMADA can only be sold in India. Wojciechowski says that despite this, OEM will need to include core services that are essential for Google API.

About 97 percent of the 60 million smartphones in the country run on Android. The CCI imposed a fine of about $ 16.1 million in October last year to misuse its dominated situation in Android market on the American company running Google. The company appealed against it to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). NCLAT refused to interim this penalty. After this, Google challenged NCLAT’s order in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court refused to ban the penalty. The Supreme Court had asked the company to deposit 10 percent of the penalty under NCLAT’s order.