# Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe

> Google must give rival AI assistants and search engines greater access to key parts of Android and Google Search after the European Union ordered the company to comply with the bloc’s digital antitrust rules.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/policy/966438/eu-google-android-ai-interoperability-search-data-dma?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a58f988e298cccf621f94a5)
- **Published:** 2026-07-16
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #google #gemini #ai #android
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a58f988e298cccf621f94a5

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