Wednesday’s report follows Alphabet’s better-than-expected Q1 release earlier this year, in which the company reported year-over-year growth of 12% and 49% for its top and bottom lines, respectively, after Google’s search unit generated more in sales than analysts projected.

But Google search is by far the No. 1 source of external traffic to news sites, and any meaningful competition for that title could shake the foundations of the industry. To be clear, we’re in thought-experiment territory: Google will be the dominant search engine for the near-to-medium future and any real shift is at least years away.

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Google Search is a thing of the past and Gemini Search, OpenAI search, and Perplexity will be the future. At least that's what the overlords of the internet say.

Google’s default status extends to Android devices, as well, many of which come pre-loaded with a bundle of 11 Google apps, including Chrome, Search and Play.

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"Around 90-100% of UK mobile devices running on Apple or Google's mobile platforms," the CMA said, adding this means the firms "hold an effective duopoly". Apple said it is concerned the ruling would negatively impact its customers in the UK, while Google called the decision "both disappointing and unwarranted".

Google's latest AI adventure is a new option for search. Web Guide is a new way that Google will organize search results based on analysis by a dedicated version of its Gemini artificial intelligence tool.