EU Orders Google to Open Android to Rival AI Assistants

1Key Takeaways

• Originally published on AI Tech Connect .
• What you need to know Two binding decisions, adopted 16 July 2026.
• The European Commission closed its specification proceedings against Alphabet with orders covering AI-assistant interoperability on Android and Google Search data sharing.
• The interoperability decision covers 11 operating-system features that the Commission groups into three building blocks: invocation, context, and actions on apps and the OS.