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 made its own proposals to remedy antitrust violations after the Justice Department proposed Google sell its Chrome browser.

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

The proposal is much narrower than the government's bid to make Google sell its Chrome browser in the antitrust case over online search. Google urged U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.