Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify in US Google antitrust trial next week

Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google, will testify on Monday in the once-in-a-generation antitrust fight over Google’s dominance of search and some parts of search advertising.

The take

Pichai, who is being called as a witness for Google, will likely be asked about the company’s investments aimed at keeping its search competitive, especially as smartphones took over, and innovation in search advertising. The government, in cross-examination, may ask why the company pays billions of dollars annually to ensure that Google search is the default in smartphones.