EU Orders Google to Open Android and Search Data to Rival AI Assistants Under DMA

The European Commission has issued two binding specification measures compelling Google to grant competing AI assistants the same deep access to Android hardware and features that its own Gemini enjoys, and to share anonymized search data with rival search engines and AI chatbots. The decisions, adopted on July 16, 2026, mark one of the most consequential enforcement actions yet under the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) and directly target the technical advantages that have kept Google's assistant embedded at the heart of the Android ecosystem.