Google appeals to the EU General Court against the Brussels measures to open Android to other AI assistants

Google has appealed to the General Court of the European Union, in Luxembourg, against the two decisions the European Commission imposed on it on July 16 under the DMA, the Digital Markets Act. It announced the appeal on Tuesday, September 29.

The first decision requires Google to give rival AI assistants the same access to Android features that Gemini has. According to the Commission, this would let people wake the assistant of their choice by voice, as they do with "Hey Google", and ask it to do things inside apps, such as booking a taxi, suggesting replies in chats or answering questions about a place they visited recently. The changes to Android are planned for 2027.

The second requires Google to share anonymized search data with other search engines, including AI chatbots that search the internet, starting in January 2027.

Google says it is appealing because those decisions would force it to share the private search history of people without sufficient anonymization and would weaken Android security protections. The Commission, for its part, maintains that the measures include privacy and device security safeguards.

We see something to keep an eye on here for any business that works with mobile phones: nothing changes for now, but what the European courts decide will determine whether another AI assistant can be used on Android in Europe with the same features as Gemini.