Google is appealing an EU order to open up Search and Android.
The July Digital Markets Act ruling required Google to share search data with rival search engines by January 2027, and give third-party AI assistants equal access to Android by that July. Google’s Oliver Bethell told Bloomberg that sharing user search data “would cause irreversible harm to user privacy.” [Link: Google Fights EU Attempt to Prise Open Android to Rival AI Bots | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-29/google-fights-eu-attempt-to-prise-open-android-to-rival-ai-bots | Bloomberg]
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The July Digital Markets Act ruling required Google to share search data with rival search engines by January 2027, and give third-party AI assistants equal access to Android by that July. Google’s Oliver Bethell told Bloomberg that sharing user search data “would cause irreversible harm to user privacy.”
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