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Google Play Store state attorneys general antitrust settlement

The attorneys general of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands settled with Google over the Play Store for $700 million, $630 million of it restitution for consumers. If you bought anything on the Google Play Store in the window the attorneys general describe as August 2016 to September 2023, you may be eligible. For most people there is no claim form: payment arrives as a PayPal or Venmo notification sent to the email address or phone number on the Play account, so the useful step is checking that those are still ones you can reach rather than filling anything in. The attorneys general say awards run from $2 to $20,034 and average $4.41. A supplemental claims process is planned afterwards for people with no PayPal or Venmo account, or who have lost access to that email or phone. Nothing about this costs money — official claims are always free.

Official program page

There is no claim form for this one. The administrator pays consumers it has already identified, so the useful step is to make sure they can reach you — not to file anything. Anyone offering to file it for you, for a fee, is selling you nothing.

When the money moves

What the official materials say about the payment schedule for this settlement, and what the administrator has published since. Every figure below is linked to the page it was read from.

Expected

Payments are sent automatically as PayPal or Venmo notifications to the email address or phone number on the Google Play account, following court approval. The attorneys general give no distribution date, and a supplemental claims process is to open after the automatic payments have run.

Read off the official notice, in its own words. These dates slip — an appeal can move a distribution by a year or more — so treat it as the administrator's plan rather than a schedule.

Source: arkansasag.gov ↗

Average payment, as reported

$4.41

An average is not a forecast of any individual payment. Plans that pay pro rata, in tiers, or against documented losses produce amounts that vary enormously around it — many land well below the average, and some claims are paid nothing.

Source: arkansasag.gov ↗

Facts from the official materials

Status: Open
Type: State attorney-general restitution
Category: Software and apps
Defendant / company: Google LLC
Administrator: Settlement Administrator (Google Play State AG Antitrust Litigation)
Claim deadline: See official notice
Eligibility period: August 1, 2016 – September 30, 2023
States: See official notice (often nationwide)
Proof: No claim to file — payments are sent automatically
Possible amount: Varies — paid automatically, no claim form
Source confidence: high
Last verified: September 14, 2026

Covered products and services

Google Play Store purchases
Google Play in-app purchases and subscriptions

Google paid $630 million into a restitution fund for consumers and a further $70 million to the states for their sovereign claims. The attorneys general say eligible consumers receive between $2 and $20,034, averaging $4.41 — an average across everyone, not a forecast of any one payment, since awards scale with what a person spent on the Play Store. Amounts are estimates and are not guaranteed.

Eligibility questions

These questions help you decide whether to read the official notice. They are not a legal determination.

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