The EU demands that Google opens up its Android AI functionalities and search data.

On July 16th, the European Commission issued two binding technical specifications to Google based on the Digital Markets Act, requiring the company to open key functions of the Android system to third-party AI assistants and share anonymized search data with third-party search engines to promote competition in the artificial intelligence and search market. According to the requirements, Google must allow third-party AI assistants to access key system functions of Android, support capabilities such as voice activation and cross-application task execution, and provide the same treatment to Gemini; at the same time, Google must open anonymized search data to eligible search engines and AI chatbots with search functions, and establish a transparent data acquisition and pricing mechanism. According to the timetable, Google will start sharing search data from January 2027, and Android-related interoperability functions will be open to users from July 2027 onwards.