Court documents reveal Google's payments to Apple increased to an eye-watering $20 billion

• Alphabet paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 to remain Safari's default search engine, court documents show.
• That's a $2 billion increase compared to the reported amount Google paid Apple in 2021.
• The deal is key evidence in a US antitrust lawsuit alleging Google has an illegal search monopoly.

The price to be the default search engine on iPhones, iPads, and Macs has apparently gone up.

Newly disclosed court documents from the US Department of Justice's antitrust case against Google indicate the tech giant paid over $20 billion in 2022 to secure itself as the default search engine on Apple's Safari browser.