July 16, 2026

The EU is forcing Google to open Android to rival AI and share its search data

A robotic arm with a red nozzle above a black circuit board
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Google will have to let rival AI assistants run on Android the way its own Gemini does. It must also hand some of its search data to competitors. The European Commission set out both requirements on Thursday. The two decisions fall under the EU’s Dig...