Android Users to Be Compensated From $135 Million Google Settlement

The proposed deal covers about 100 million U.S. Android users and would also require Google to make changes in background data use.

The Google logo is pictured at the Google India office building in Hyderabad, India, on Jan. 28, 2022. Noah Swwlam/AFP via Getty Images

About 100 million Android users could be in line for a payment under a settlement resolving a class action lawsuit against Google.

The settlement received preliminary approval on March 5 in a federal court in California, where U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia DeMarchi noted that the lawsuit alleged that Google, without informing Android users or obtaining their consent, transmitted large amounts of their information between Android devices and its own servers for the company’s benefit.