- Google (GOOG,GOOGL) Assistant is reportedly the target of an European Union antitrust probe due to its dominance on Android devices.
- The tech giant is under review for "possibly forcing device manufacturers to use Google Assistant as the default voice assistant on Android devices," tweets Sam Wilkin, Europe managing editor at regulatory news service MLex.
- The EU has fined Google nearly $10 billion for antitrust violations over the past decade.
- In June, news broke that the EU was opening a formal probe into Google's ad practices.