The amount of money that will be paid to settle allegations about how it collects data from users is not yet known.
40 US states said that the technology giant tracked the location of users who didn't use location services.
A web page telling people about the data it collects and being transparent about location tracking are two things that have been ordered by the company.
The settlement is the largest of its kind.
The investigation was settled due to outdated product policies that were changed years ago.
Last month, Google agreed to pay $85 million to the state of Arizona.
Texas, Indiana, Washington and the District of Columbia took legal action against the company in January, but there is still one outstanding case in the US courts.
Advertisers use location to target products.
$200 billion in advertising revenue is generated by location services.
The case was led by the Attorney Generals of Oregon and Nebraska.
It has been deceiving.
The company continued to secretly record their movements and use that information for advertisers despite consumers believing they had turned off their location- tracking features.
State consumer protection laws have been broken by the attorneys general.
The company has been told to improve its user controls and disclosure of location tracking by the end of the century.
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