"The European Commission has opened two specification procedures to guide Google in complying with the Digital Markets Act. These concerns access for competitors to Android features for AI services and the sharing of anonymous search data. Google must give external AI developers and search engines the same access to its services as it has itself. This is stated by the European Commission in the new procedures under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)."
""Today's proceedings under the Digital Markets Act will provide guidance to Google to ensure that third-party online search engines and AI providers enjoy the same access to search data and Android operating system as Google's own services, like Google Search or Gemini," says EU Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen. Brussels has previously put pressure on Google with DMA cases."
""Android is open by design, and we're already licensing Search data to competitors under the DMA," says Clare Kelly, Senior Competition Counsel at Google. She adds that further rules, often driven by competitors' complaints rather than consumers' interests, could jeopardize users' privacy, security, and innovation."
The European Commission opened two specification procedures under the Digital Markets Act to guide Google on equal access obligations. One procedure requires Google to clarify how external AI service providers receive the same Android hardware and software features that Google uses for Gemini. The other procedure requires Google to share anonymized ranking, query, click, and display data from Google Search with external search engines and eligible AI chatbot providers on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms. The measures are legal guidance rather than fines. Google objected, saying Android is open and that further rules could jeopardize user privacy, security, and innovation.
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