Italy’s competition agency announced a $120 million fine on Google Thursday for unfairly blocking third-party apps on its Android app ecosystem, thereby favoring its own Google Maps app instead.
The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or AGCM, imposed the fine because Google blocked JuicePass, an app that gives location information on electric car charging points, from being integrated with Android Auto, Google’s operating system for using apps safely while driving.
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