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Apple gets EU order to open up iPhone interoperability

By Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst ( March 19, 2025, 14:30 GMT | Insight) -- Apple must ease the path for rival connected devices such as smartwatches and headsets to interoperate with the iPhone, under the European Commission’s first formal enforcement of its flagship tech gatekeeper rules. The regulator has set out the “specifications” for Apple to comply with the Digital Markets Act, ensuring rivals enjoy the same functionality as the iPhonemaker. But Apple said the move created “red tape” and harmed innovation.Apple must make it easier for rival connected devices such as smartwatches and headsets to interoperate with the iPhone — and it has now received clear instructions from the European Commission on how to do so....

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