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Android Auto controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2021

    Italy fines Google over Android Auto app exclusion

    Fine or penalty

    Italy's competition watchdog fined Google over €100 million for abuse of its dominant position, saying Google had blocked Enel X's JuicePass electric-vehicle charging app from Android Auto for more than two years. The watchdog also ordered Google to make the app available on the platform.

    Source excerpt

    • Along with the fine, the regulator told Google to make the JuicePass app available on Android Auto.
    • Italy's competition watchdog has ordered Google to pay over €100 million ($123 million) for abuse of its dominant position.
    • The regulator said Google had shut out an electric vehicle recharging app from its Android Auto infotainment platform for cars for over two years.
    Source

  2. 2021

    Italian regulator fines Google over Android Auto access

    Fine or penalty

    The Italian Competition Authority fined Google 102 million euros for restricting Enel X Italia’s JuicePass app from accessing Android Auto and ordered Google to make the app available via the platform and provide equivalent interoperability to other third-party developers.

    Company response

    • Denial — Google

      Google however has denied this

    Source excerpt

    • Google however has denied this
    • The AGCM has alleged that Google violated Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – and has ordered it to make the JuicePass available via the platform.
    • The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) fined Google 102m euros ($123m) for restricting access to Android Auto by an electric car charging app called JuicePass, made by energy company Enel X Italia.
    Source