The European Commission fined Google €890 million on July 23 after two Digital Markets Act non-compliance decisions. The penalties comprise €460 million for search self-preferencing and €430 million for app distribution restrictions.
Europe’s next platform fight is moving from app stores and browser defaults to AI and cloud. EU regulators say the Digital Markets Act will now focus more directly on those markets, while Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud businesses face new gatekeeper scrutiny.
Europe is pushing AI competition down into Android itself. The Commission says Google should let rival assistants reach the same kind of device actions Gemini can use today, with feedback due May 13 and a DMA decision targeted by the end of July.