The massive sum appeared in unsealed testimony by a top Apple executive in the trial’s early days last fall and marked the first public confirmation of the figure.

Google put an eleven-figure price tag on being the go-to search tool on Apple’s Safari browser. Court documents from the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Google reveal that company parent Alphabet paid the iPhone maker $20 billion in 2022 to be its default search engine,

Google paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 to be the default search engine for Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, reports Bloomberg. The information

The ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet by the Justice Department has revealed that Google paid Apple a staggering $20 billion in 2022 for default search engine status.

Documents in the antitrust case against Google revealed that the price it pays to be Apple's default search engine has increased over the years.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (GOOGL) allegedly paid $20B to Apple (AAPL) in 2022 for Google to be the default search engine for the Safari internet browser, Bloomberg News reported, citing newly unsealed court documents in the Justice Department's antitrust suit against Google.

According to a new report, Google Search’s default status on Apple’s Safari browser cost Google even more in 2022. As some of you may recall, Google paid Apple $18 billion in 2021 for that privilege.

The amount Google paid in 2021 was around $15 billion, numbers disclosed through documents that are part of US Department of Justice’ antitrust lawsuit showed.