European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

07/16/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/16/2026 07:35

Commission provides guidance to Google for AI interoperability on Android and sharing of Google Search data under the Digital Markets Act

Today, the European Commission has issued two sets of binding specification measures to Google under the Digital Markets Act.

The aim of the first specification measures is to ensure that competitors' Artificial Intelligence (AI) services can compete with Google's own AI services, such as Gemini, by having equal access to features on Google's Android devices.

The aim of the second specification measures is to rebalance the playing field by giving third-party search engines access to search data that only Google Search can collect at scale.

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Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition:

Society is going through a profound digital transformation. We need to keep that process fair and ensure that our citizens have choice. Our decision will help smaller competitors, search engines, or AI assistants, to compete and provide that choice, while protecting the user's privacy.

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy:

With today's measures, we want to support innovation and diversity in the European Union, enabling fair competition in the markets of AI assistant for Android devices and search engines. Thanks to these measures we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google's AI services, such as Gemini, and that users in the EU can enjoy greater choice of services. All developers, large and small, are welcome to explore these new opportunities, which will certainly benefit users too.

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