EU Regulators Move to Compel Apple to Open Up Operating System to Rival Technologies

Published on September 19, 2024

The European Union said on Thursday it will come up with a plan to compel Apple to open up its iPhone and iPad mobile operating systems to competing technologies. The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, said in an update that it has opened two “specification proceedings” that will spell out what Apple needs to do under the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). One proceeding will focus on how connected devices such as smartwatches, headphones, and virtual reality headsets will have “effective interoperability” with Apple’s operating system. The other will look at how Apple deals with interoperability requests from software developers for iOS and iPadOS, which should be done in a “transparent, timely and fair” way, the commission said....

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