Apple wants to make the switch from an iPhone to an Android smartphone more user-friendly in the EU next year. The group announced this on Thursday as part of the implementation of the requirements of the DMA (Digital Markets Act).
A corresponding solution should be available in autumn 2025. There is currently a Google app to switch from iPhone to Android, but some types of data are not transferred.
By the end of this year or early next year, the group wants to make it possible to transfer relevant data from one web browser to another on the same device. The DMA also provides more competition in web browsers.
Stricter EU rules since Thursday
Stricter rules for large online platforms have been in force in the EU since Thursday. The European Commission has so far identified 22 services from six companies as so-called ‘gatekeepers’ to which the new requirements apply.
It is not surprising that American technology giants Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent company Alphabet and the Facebook group Meta are affected. The video app TikTok from the company Bytedance, which originally comes from China, was also added to the list.
The requirements include that the ‘gatekeepers’ may not give preference to their own services over offers from competitors.
With the DMA (Digital Markets Act) coming into effect, Apple in the EU has had to allow applications from sources other than its own App Store to be downloaded onto the iPhone for the first time since Thursday. Epic wants to use this to bring ‘Fortnite’, which has been banned from the App Store in the EU since August 2020 after a rule violation, back to the iPhone.
The European Commission, which monitors compliance with DMA requirements, has asked Apple to explain the matter, the Brussels authority announced on Thursday. The company did not comment on the request.
(dsc/sda/dpa)
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