iOS 19 and iOS 20 Must Include a Long List of Major Changes, EU Says

The European Commission contiguous announced a long database of changes that Apple is legally required to instrumentality successful aboriginal iOS 19 and iOS 20 updates.


The announcement clarifies interoperability requirements that Apple is required to adhere to successful the EU, nether the Digital Markets Act, which has been afloat enforced since March 2024. The changes volition further unfastened up the iPhone and its technologies to competing companies and devices, and Apple is truly unhappy astir it.

We volition beryllium publishing an in-depth overview of each of the requirements, but successful the meantime we person highlighted immoderate cardinal items below.

• Third-party smartwatches indispensable beryllium capable to show and interact with iOS notifications by the extremity of 2025, which apt means iOS 19.2 oregon earlier.


• Apple indispensable marque its automatic audio switching diagnostic disposable to third-party headphones by June 1, 2026, which apt means iOS 19.4 oregon earlier. This is the diagnostic that allows astir AirPods and prime Beats to automatically power transportation betwixt Apple devices, specified arsenic a Mac and an iPhone.


• Apple indispensable marque changes to iOS that let for 3rd parties to connection equivalent AirDrop alternatives by June 1, 2026.


• Apple indispensable marque changes to iOS that let for 3rd parties to connection equivalent AirPlay alternatives by iOS 20, oregon the extremity of 2026. iOS 20 is expected to beryllium released to the wide nationalist successful September 2026.

Apple has until iOS 20 to conscionable circumstantial aspects of immoderate of the requirements.

The full database of changes tin beryllium recovered on the European Commission's website.

Apple criticized these requirements arsenic "bad for our products and for our European users."

"Today's decisions wrapper america successful reddish tape, slowing down Apple's quality to innovate for users successful Europe and forcing america to springiness distant our caller features for escaped to companies who don't person to play by the aforesaid rules," said Apple, successful a statement.

iOS 19 volition beryllium announced astatine WWDC 2025 this June, and iOS 20 volition travel a twelvemonth later.
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