Overview
- The European Commission issued two legally binding DMA specification decisions on July 16 that require Google to share anonymized Search logs with qualifying rivals and to open 11 Android system features to third‑party AI assistants.
- Google must begin providing anonymized search queries, ranking and click metrics by January 2027 and roll out the Android interoperability changes so users benefit by July 2027.
- Google has protested the orders, arguing that sharing search logs and granting deep system access risks user privacy and device security, and the company says it will engage in the compliance process.
- The Commission says the requirements include vetting rights and privacy and security safeguards, it will set detailed compliance terms in a binding order by July 27, and noncompliance could trigger fines up to 10 percent of global turnover.
- Regulators say the measures are meant to break Google’s long‑accumulated data and platform advantage to spur competition and give Europeans real choice of AI assistants and search providers, a move that could set a template for future platform rules.