The new fees vary depending on country and device type, and it would apply to devices activated on or after February 1st, 2019.
Google’s licensing terms are changing in Europe later this month on account of a European Commission ruling that barred the company from requiring phone manufacturers to bundle Chrome and search with the rest of its suite of apps.
(Samsung’s Galaxy S9 has a pixel density of 570 ppi, for example.)
Tablets would also face an entirely different pricing tier, applied evenly across countries and capping out at $20 per device.
Beyond offsetting the upfront fees, manufacturers that don’t preinstall Chrome could also miss out on search revenue from the browser, a long-standing incentive to prioritize Google and its apps.
The court ruled that by bundling search and Chrome within Android, Google stifled innovation and cut off opportunities for device makers to sign better deals around preinstalled browsers and search engines.