European Commission forces Google to open Android to third-party AI assistants, share search data‎

Today the European Commission (EC) has announced two legally binding Digital Markets Act (DMA) decisions it's made forcing Google to open up Android and Search to competitors. First, Google has to give third-party AI assistants on Android access to key system features that are currently only available to Google's own Gemini. Thus, when someone sets a third-party AI chatbot as their default assistant, it will be able to have a similar feature set. Right now 60% of EU users who have an Android device find third-party AI assistants less attractive than Gemini specifically because they can't...