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Apple, Google commit to mobile platform changes after UK CMA intervenes

By Simon Zekaria and Nicholas Hirst ( February 10, 2026, 12:38 GMT | Insight) -- Apple and Google have committed to make changes to the operation of their mobile platforms, following regulatory intervention from the UK Competition and Markets Authority under digital market laws. The offer, including over app ranking practices and interoperability, follows the CMA’s designation in 2025 that the companies have “strategic market status” in mobile ecosystems, which include operating systems, app stores and browsers that operate on cellphones.Apple and Google have committed to make changes to their mobile platform practices over their impact on app developers, following regulatory intervention from the UK competition regulator under digital market laws....

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