Definition
Regulatory and platform requirement that third-party AI assistants receive effective access to Android OS features (voice invocation, in-app actions, on-device hooks, etc.) on parity with the gatekeeper’s own assistant (gemini).
Key Points
- Codified in EU digital-markets-act Article 6(7) specification decision (16 Jul 2026)
- Covers 11 Android features; most by Android 18 / Aug 2027
- Concurrent always-on hotword detection deferred to Android 19 / Aug 2028
Related
- eu-google-android-ai-interoperability-dma
- digital-markets-act
- search-data-sharing
- dma-ai-assistant-regulation
- gemini
- interoperability
- vendor-lock-in