The company is also required to hand some search engine data to rivals.
The European Commission has started proceedings to ensure Google complies with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in certain ways. Specifically, the European Union’s executive arm has told Google to grant third-party AI services the same level of access to Android that Gemini has. «The aim is to ensure that third-party providers have an equal opportunity to innovate and compete in the rapidly evolving AI landscape on smart mobile devices», the Commission said in a statement.
The company will also have to hand over «anonymized ranking, query, click and view data held by Google Search» to rival search engines. The Commission says this will help competing companies to optimize their services and offer more viable alternatives to Google Search.
