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Apple makes it easier to switch from iPhone to Android
Apple is reacting to the strict rules of the new EU law Digital Markets Act. photo
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In the wake of the new EU law Digital Markets Act, Apple is reacting and making it easier to switch from an iPhone to an Android device. But this will only be possible next year.
There is currently a Google app for switching from iPhone to Android, but some types of data are not transferred.
EU calls for more competition in web browsers
At the end of this year or the beginning of next year, the group wants to make it possible to transfer relevant data from one web browser to another on the same device. The DMA also envisions more competition in web browsers.
The stricter rules for large online platforms have been in effect in the EU since Thursday. The EU Commission has so far identified 22 services from six companies as so-called “gatekeepers” to which the new requirements apply. Unsurprisingly, the American tech giants Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet and the Facebook group Meta are affected. The video app TikTok from the Bytedance company, which originally comes from China, was also added to the list. The requirements include, among other things, that the “gatekeepers” are not allowed to give preference to their own services over offers from competitors.