The EU has reportedly requested evidence from Russian web company Yandex about the bundling of Google’s services with Android, and how this has impacted vendors’ decisions when launching devices.
Earlier this year, Yandex announced Yandex.Kit, an Android variant which replaces core Google apps with its own alternatives targeting the Russian market. At the time, Explay and Huawei were named as device vendors.
But subsequent reports indicated that Explay had entered into a relationship with Google which meant it had to end its work with Yandex, and instead offer the apps which come as part of Google’s Google Mobile Services (GMS) bundle.
According to GigaOM, Yandex has now said that it is “facing significant difficulties” in its work with device makers, and even though its efforts are limited in some regards, any cooperation puts vendors at risk of a ban from Google.
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