Brussels Opens Android: The EU's Binding Order to Give Rival AI Assistants the Access Google Reserved for Gemini - July 28, 2026

Brussels Opens Android: The EU's Binding Order to Give Rival AI Assistants the Access Google Reserved for Gemini On July 16, 2026 the European Commission issued two binding specification decisions to Google under the Digital Markets Act. The first forces Android to give competing AI assistants the same system level access Gemini enjoys today, covering voice invocation, screen and app context, cross app actions, and background execution. The second requires Google to share the search data it uses to optimise its own results with rival search engines and, for the first time, with AI chatbots that offer search functionality. Chris and Laura dig into the four capability layers being pried open, the January 2027 and August 2027 compliance clocks, Google's privacy and security objections, and why the collision with Europe's own Cyber Resilience Act may be the most interesting fight of all. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. #AI #DigitalMarketsAct #Android #AIRegulation #TechPolicy