The U.S. antitrust survey of Google map accelerate

#accelerate# information#entertainmentAccording to two people familiar with the matter, the U.S. Department of Justice has attached great importance to investigating Google Maps to determine whether the service is illegally bundled with other Google software to kill competition.Sources said that the survey on Alphabet Googl.o's subsidiary Google was exposed for the first time at the end of 2020. Since then, it has not been seen until the investigators have begun toask again in recent months.Google stated that he would cooperate with regulators and welcome them to ask questions. The US Department of Justice does not comment.The investigation is divided into two parts.Some of them are concerned about the application (APP) provided by the vehicle information and entertainment screen, including navigation programs. In the Google car service package provided to car manufacturers, Google tied Google Maps, Google Play App Stores, Google Assistant, and other services. A source said that the car company could not mix the Google map with the voice assistant developed by the small -scale competitors.Google responded to this that this integration provides the best user experience, and in some cases, competitors' voice assistants can be compatible with Google Maps.The other part focuses on the developers of applications and websites. Specifically, the department is investigating Google's request, that is, if a website or application uses a technology of Google, such as Google's location search, the website or application developer cannot use a map or map of Google competitors or the development of Google competitors or Other technologies.A large -scale technology company evaluation report released by the US Congress in 2020 concluded that Google "actively enforces this rule" and effectively forces developers to "either choose to use all Map services of Google to use all map services of Google Either do not use it. "