UK CMA opens investigations into Apple and Google Mobile Ecosystems


  • UK Competition Watchdog takes aim at Apple and Google’s competition practices across its app stores
  • Apple and Google may be found to have “significant market status” through their “mobile ecosystems” and be forced to make changes to its operating systems in the territory
  • The examinations have a deadline of 22 October 2025

The UK government has announced the launch of two antitrust investigations into the mobile ecosystems of both Apple and Google following the country’s competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

In the accompanying press release, the CMA defined a mobile ecosystem as including “operating systems, app stores and browsers that operate on mobile devices”.

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