Alphabet Inc. pays Samsung Electronics Co. an “enormous sum of money” every month to preinstall Google generative AI app, Gemini, on its phones and devices, according to court testimony, even though the company’s practice of paying for installations has twice been found to violate the law.

A Google exec testified in court that the company paid Samsung "an enormous sum of money" to make its AI assistant the dominant option on Android.

Gemini’s place as a preinstalled, default AI assistant on the Galaxy S25 came with a check attached.