A SETTLEMENT REACHED between state attorneys general and Alphabet, the parent of the search giant Google, will send more than $1.4 million to Massachusetts, according to Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

The $700 million settlement resolves antitrust litigation, with the attorneys general alleging that the company used its Google Play app store to engage in an unlawful monopoly.

“For years, Google has harmed consumers and app developers alike by restricting consumer’s choices for app stores, downloads, and payment methods on Android devices,” Campbell said in a statement. “Our settlement helps impacted consumers and requires Google to reform its anticompetitive business practices.”

All 50 states, led by Utah, signed onto the litigation, as did prosecutors in DC, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The lawsuit was first filed in 2021. The settlement, first reached in September, was finalized and filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday.

Google is slated to pay $630 million, most of it to consumers who made purchases through the Google Play store between August 2016 and September 2023. The states are receiving $70 million, with $1.43 million going to the Bay State. 

The details of how eligible consumers could receive restitution from Google were not immediately available, but automatic payments through PayPal or Venmo, or a check, will be available. Consumers could receive at least $2, according to Reuters.

The agreement calls for Google to make sure Android users can download apps outside the Google Play store, and app developers do not have to solely use Google’s billing system. “This will enable app developers to offer less expensive apps and in-app products to consumers,” Campbell’s office said.

The attorneys general alleged that Google had in place anti-competitive contracts aimed at preventing other app stores from coming out with new Android devices and “bought off” developers who could have launched their own app stores.

The litigation from the attorneys general was linked to the legal efforts of two app developers: North Carolina-based Epic Games, which is behind the popular game Fortnite, and Texas-based Match Group, which is behind the dating app Tinder.

While Match reached its own private settlement in October, Epic Games went to trial, where a jury unanimously said last week that Google violated federal antitrust laws. Google plans to fight the verdict.