{"id":3677358,"date":"2026-04-23T15:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3677358"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:10:57","slug":"google-faces-new-eu-pressure-to-give-ai-rivals-android-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/google\/2026\/google-faces-new-eu-pressure-to-give-ai-rivals-android-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Faces New EU Pressure to Give AI Rivals Android Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\">\n<p>The European Commission is preparing to outline steps it wants <a href=\"https:\/\/about.google\/\">Google<\/a>\u00a0to take to allow competitors\u2019 artificial intelligence (AI) assistants to access features in the operating system of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.android.com\/\">Android<\/a>\u00a0handsets, Bloomberg <a 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The Commission said the move is intended to guide the company in adjusting its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/cpi-posts\/eu-pushes-google-to-open-android-ai-features-and-search-data-to-rivals\/\">business practices<\/a>\u00a0while ensuring that competitors are able to\u00a0operate on equal terms within the digital marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>One of those cases focuses on Google\u2019s duties under the DMA to offer free and effective interoperability to third-party developers for hardware and software features managed through its Android operating system, the Commission said, adding that the current discussions center on technical functions used by Google\u2019s own AI tools.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-81112141\" class=\"pymnt-content pymnt-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 50px;\"><p style=\"text-align:center\">Advertisement: Scroll to Continue<\/p><script async type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"dianomi_context_script\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianomi.com\/js\/contextfeed.js\"><\/script> \r\n<div class=\"dianomi_context\" data-dianomi-context-id=\"4329\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Commission said in the January announcement that it expected to send Google its preliminary findings and outline proposed measures intended to ensure compliance with the DMA within three months and then complete the proceedings within six months.<\/p>\n<p>In another, separate case, the European Commission announced April 16 that it released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/google\/2026\/google-faces-eu-order-to-share-search-data-with-rivals\/\">proposed measures<\/a>\u00a0it wants Google to implement to make its data available to rival search engines. 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