--- title: Google Just Paid $135M for This | daily.dev description: Google agreed to a $135 million class action settlement over Android phones silently using users' paid cellular data to transmit diagnostic logs, telemetry,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-paid-135m-for-this-njybdb0bl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google Just Paid $135M for This | daily.dev og:description: Google agreed to a $135 million class action settlement over Android phones silently using users' paid cellular data to transmit diagnostic logs, telemetry,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-just-paid-135m-for-this-njybdb0bl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nJybdb0Bl.png og:image:alt: Google Just Paid $135M for This og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google Just Paid $135M for This **[Slidebean](https://daily.dev/sources/slidebean)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google agreed to a $135 million class action settlement over Android phones silently using users' paid cellular data to transmit diagnostic logs, telemetry, and system update data back to Google servers. The practice allegedly cost users money through data overages or depleted data caps, while saving Google significant bandwidth costs over a decade. The settlement is framed as a minor expense compared to the infrastructure savings Google gained by offloading data transfer costs onto consumers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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