Google is facing an anti-trust authority in Japan on Monday. The authority is looking into whether Google’s request for preferential treatment from smartphone manufacturers was legal or not.
Jerrymusa.com reports that as the search engine giant spars with foreign competition agencies, particularly those in the United States, the Japan Fair Trade Commission investigation only makes matters worse.
According to the agency, Google is suspected of mandating that its search apps be installed on devices and have specified locations for their icons.
According to Punch, In exchange for sharing in the profits from the advertising revenue from Google searches, Google has made agreements with manufacturers of Android devices to prevent them from including its competing search apps in their products.
The public can provide feedback to the commission until November 22.