Google loses final fight over $4.7 billion Android antitrust fine

• Google has lost its final appeal against a 4.1 billion euro ($4.67 billion) Android antitrust fine.
• The fine dates back to a 2018 ruling over Google’s agreements with Android phone makers.
• Google says Android offers choice, but the EU’s top court has now closed this long-running case.

If it feels like you’ve been hearing about Google’s multibillion-dollar Android fine in Europe forever, you’re not imagining it. The case dates back to 2018, has already gone through one partial reduction, and has been easy to confuse with Google’s other regulatory headaches. But now, one of the biggest of those fights appears to have finally run out of road.

As reported by CNBC, the European Court of Justice has dismissed Google’s appeal against a 4.1 billion euro ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine over its handling of Android. The court is the highest in the European Union, meaning Google has no further right to appeal the decision.