Alphabet's Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search.

Google dominated the last era of search. Now the company and the US Justice Department are battling over how to set a fair playing field for generative AI.

However, Google's proposal would make the deals non-exclusive, the company said in its filing."We don't propose these changes lightly," Google said in a blog post about the proposal. "They would come at a cost to our partners by regulating how they must go about picking the best search engine for their customers.

The search giant’s proposals included allowing flexibility for companies and consumers in choosing a search engine.

Google says it will offer less restrictive Search licensing terms and won't pressure Android partners into exclusive or conditional preloading clauses.

The Department of Justice’s list of solutions for fixing Google’s illegal antitrust behavior and restoring competition in the search engine market started with forcing the company to sell Chrome, and late Friday night,