April 15, 2026

Millions of Android users could be in line for cash after Google agreed to a $135 million class-action settlement over claims its operating system secretly sent data without permission, even when phones were idle, apps were shut and nobody was using them, allegedly gobbling up people’s hard-earned cellular data. The lawsuit, filed in 2020, says Android devices connected to the internet over cellular networks from Nov. 12, 2017, to the present may qualify, and anyone who doesn’t opt out is set to get a payment, with notices landing in the mail or by email. Google has denied the allegations, but for millions of users this could be a very real payday.

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