EU Mandates Google to Grant Rival AI Assistants Access to Android System Features
The European Commission mandates Google to allow rival AI assistants access to Android's camera, microphone, and screen data, alongside sharing anonymized search data with competitors under the Digital Markets Act. The decision includes technical requirements for certification programs and data anonymization processes to ensure fair competition.
The European Commission on Thursday ordered Google to give rival AI assistants the same reach into Android that Gemini already has: the camera, the microphone, whatever is on screen, a wake word that fires with the display off, and the ability to drive other apps in the background by imitating taps and typing.
Google has to ship it in the next major release, Android 18, and by 1 August 2027 at
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