Google may be official Controls with a monopoly, but we are still far from determining exactly what determination the technology company will change. Today, the US Department of Justice filed a notice of a plan to cross-appeal last fall’s decision to make Google not necessary to sell his Chrome browser. The agency’s Antitrust Division posted about the action of X. According to Bloomberga group of states also joined in filing the appeal.

At the time of the 2025 decision, the Justice Department pushed for a sale of Chrome to be part of the result. Judge Amit Mehta denied the plea from the agency. “The plaintiffs overreached in seeking the forced removal of key properties, which Google did not use to effect any illegal restraint,” Mehta’s ruling said. However, he set other restrictions on Google’s business activities, such as ending exclusive deals for the distribution of certain services and a requirement to share selected search data with competitors.

Google is already there filed its own appeal this part of its ongoing antitrust battle. Of course, the tech giant is hoping to get off the hook with a lesser penalty than the heavier one the DOJ is seeking.