EU Seeks Feedback on Android Interoperability Measures Under DMA
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation on draft measures requiring Google to ensure that competing AI services have effective access to key capabilities of Android devices under the Digital Markets Act. The proposed measures would allow third-party AI providers to integrate with Android applications to perform tasks such as sending emails via a user's preferred app, ordering food, or sharing photos, and to be activated using custom wake words. The consultation is open until 13 May 2026, with preliminary findings available on the DMA consultation page.
“The proposed measures aim to ensure that competing AI services can effectively interact with applications on users' Android devices and execute tasks accordingly, such as sending an email using the user's preferred email app, ordering food or sharing a photo with friends.”
AI service providers targeting the EU market should consider submitting comments to the DMA consultation before 13 May 2026. If finalized, these interoperability requirements could create new integration opportunities on Android devices in the EU that are currently unavailable to third-party providers. Monitoring the final measures will be important for product roadmaps in the EU.
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The European Commission is seeking public feedback on draft interoperability measures for Google's Android under the Digital Markets Act. The proposed measures outline how Google should enable third parties to access and integrate with key device capabilities currently reserved for Google's own AI offerings, including app interaction, task execution, and custom wake word activation for competing AI services.
AI service providers and technology companies operating in the EU should review the proposed measures and consider submitting comments before the 13 May 2026 deadline. The outcome of this consultation will shape future compliance obligations for Google as a designated gatekeeper under the DMA and may establish precedents for platform interoperability requirements across the EU.
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The Commission has sent its preliminary findings to Google as part of the specification proceedings it started on 27 January 2026 under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These preliminary findings outline the draft measures Google should implement to ensure that third parties have effective access and interoperability with key capabilities of Android.
The proposed measures aim to ensure that competing AI services can effectively interact with applications on users' Android devices and execute tasks accordingly, such as sending an email using the user's preferred email app, ordering food or sharing a photo with friends. Currently, Google largely reserves these capabilities for use by its own AI offerings on Android phones and tablets. For example, the measures would allow competing AI services to be easily activated by users, using a custom ‘ wake word', a phrase that the user can speak to activate an AI service.
The proposed measures will also enable competing providers of AI services to innovate and offer deeply integrated AI experiences to users on Android phones and tablets, along with Alphabet's own AI services, such as Gemini. Opening up access to these capabilities will provide Android users across the EU with a wider choice of AI services.
To ensure that these proposed measures are effective, the Commission invites interested parties to comment on them through a public consultation.
Interested parties have until 13 May 2026 to submit their views on the draft measures. The non-confidential summary of the preliminary findings and envisaged measures is available on the consultation page.
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Publication date 27 April 2026 Authors Directorate-General for Competition | Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology
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