Google Agrees to Pay $353.3 Million to Settle UK Class Action Over Play Store

03:45 AM EDT, 08/28/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google agreed to pay 260 million British pounds ($353.3 million) to settle a class action lawsuit led by a business competition professor, the plaintiff's law firm said Thursday. Professor Barry Rodger was the lead plaintiff in the case, acting on behalf of UK app developers, the plaintiff's attorney said in a statement. He claimed that Google abused its dominant market position to hurt UK businesses that sold apps on the Play Store to consumers using the Android operating system since 2018, the law firm Geradin Partners said in a statement. Rodger said many UK businesses had no way of accessing customers except for the Play Store and by paying Google's commission. Of the settlement amount, 160 million pounds will be distributed to relevant companies and the rest for Rodger's expenses and legal and administrative fees, a Tuesday filing said. The proposed settlement must be approved by the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal at a hearing next month, the statement said. Google did not immediately reply to MT Newswires' request for comment.