Google appeals EU orders to share search data and open Android to AI rivals
Google has asked Europes General Court to throw out two Digital Markets Act orders that would potentially force the tech giant to feed search data to its rival engines and let competing AI assistants run on Android systems with the same reach as its own Gemini. The appeals are focused on instructions issued by the European Commission in July under the DMA, which represents the EUs rulebook for its largest tech platforms. One of the orders mandates Google to give competing search providers, including AI chatbots, access to the info users search for and click on, along with a January 2027 deadline. The second order would require Google to open up parts of Android that currently give Gemini an advantage, allowing rival AI services to access features such as voice activation and the ability to carry out tasks within other apps. Googles privacy and security case Google is presenting the appeal as a response to what it says are risks to users and not just the company‘s concerns over market share. Oliver Bethell, Google’s senior director of competition, said the decisions would require the company to share users private search histories without adequate anonymization and equally weaken security protections on Android. Bethell argued that









