Europe could force Google to open Android to other AI assistants
# EU Wants Google to Stop Favoring Its Own AI Assistant on Android Phones Europe's regulators say Google gives unfair advantages to its Gemini AI assistant on Android phones by making it the default option with special features that other AI assistants can't access. Under new EU rules designed to keep tech giants from unfairly dominating markets, Google may be forced to open Android to competing AI assistants by this summer. This is part of a broader effort to prevent Google from using its control of Android to lock customers into using only Google's products.
Back in January, the European Commission began an initial investigation, known as a specification proceeding, into how Google has implemented AI in the Android operating system. The results are in, and the EU says Android needs to be more open, which is not surprising. Meanwhile, Google says this am
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