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.

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

Alphabet is spending an "enormous sum of money" to keep its Gemini chatbot preinstalled on Samsung phones. According to Google's vice president of platforms and device