Apple defends Google against EU proposal to give AI competitors access to services

Apple has stepped in to warn that EU proposals to force Google to open Android to competing AI services pose serious risks to users’ privacy, security and safety.

Apple’s latest submission to the EU arrives (via Reuters) in response to the European Commission’s call for comments on draft measures to help Google comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The proposals would allow competing AI services to interact with Android apps to perform actions such as sending emails, ordering food or sharing photos. Google has already rejected these plans, arguing that they would undermine key privacy and security guarantees for European users.

Apple, which is itself subject to European measures forcing it to open its own ecosystem, said it was strongly interested in this matter given its own operating systems for iPhone, iPad and Mac. In its submission, Apple said the proposed measures “raise urgent and serious concerns,” warning that if confirmed, “they would create serious risks to user privacy, security, and safety, as well as device integrity and performance.”

Apple also saw the rapid evolution of AI as a particular cause for concern, arguing that the risks are “particularly acute in the context of rapidly evolving AI systems whose capabilities, behaviors, and threat vectors remain unpredictable.” The company questioned the EU’s technical expertise in developing the proposals, saying the Commission is “substituting the judgments of Google engineers for its own judgment based on less than three months of work”, and suggesting that the only discernible aim of the draft measures is “open and unfettered access”.

Apple has a long history of conflicts with European regulators over DMA. The company challenged the regulation in court in October 2025 and urged regulators to remove it altogether the previous month, arguing it had created security vulnerabilities and deteriorated user experience. The EU said it had no plans to repeal the law in response.

The feedback period on the proposals ran from April 27 to May 13, 2026. The European Commission said it would carefully evaluate all submissions and may adjust the proposed measures accordingly, although its final decision must be adopted within six months of opening the specification procedure, setting a deadline of July 27, 2026. The EU separately concluded in May 2026 that the DMA had a positive overall impact, putting aside Apple’s lobbying for the revision of the regulation.

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