Apple HomeView will not be sold in the EU because Siri AI is unavailable in iOS there. What it means for HomePod mini 2, Apple TV 4K and Home Collection.
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Apple rewrites the EU tracking prompt in iOS 27.2 and renames the switch
If you use an iPhone in the European Union, the tracking box you tap away on every new app is being rewritten, and the Settings switch behind it gets a longer name. Apple told developers on September 16 that beginning with iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, apps in the EU can use an alternative version…
18 Groups Tell Brussels Apple's October 1 EU App Store Terms Still Break the DMA
Eighteen organisations, coordinated by the Coalition for App Fairness, told the European Commission in a September 8, 2026 open letter that Apple’s revised App Store terms, due to take effect October 1, still do not comply with the Digital Markets Act. The letter carries no legal force by itself; it asks the Commission to consult…
Apple's EU Interoperability Report: The Numbers Behind 102 Requests
Apple has published its own account of how the European Union’s interoperability rules are working in practice. The report covers 102 requests logged between May 9 and December 31, 2025, counts 22 of them resolved with a released solution, and records zero instances where Apple says it missed one of the regulation’s own deadlines. Apple's…
Apple's EU Gatekeeper Status: The July Ruling and This Month's Appeal Deadline
The General Court of the European Union dismissed every action Apple brought against its designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act on July 8, 2026. The court’s own procedural rule gives Apple two months and ten days after formal notification of that judgment to appeal to the Court of Justice, a window whose…
Siri AI's EU Exclusion: The DMA Proposal Apple Says Regulators Rejected
Siri AI does not ship in the European Union on iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or watchOS 27 when the software arrives Monday, September 14. Apple’s own newsroom explains the exclusion in unusually specific terms: Apple says it proposed a “Trusted System Agent” approach and an 18-month rollout plan under the Digital Markets Act, and that…
AirPods and Siri AI: What EU Owners and AirPods 5 Buyers Do Not Get on September 14 or 18
Siri AI, Apple’s conversational assistant, reaches iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch worldwide when iOS 27 installs Monday, September 14, 2026, with one stated exception. Apple’s own newsroom release says Siri AI “will not be available initially in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS,” so AirPods paired to a phone in the European Union will…
Apple's Developer Program License Agreement: Two Updates Due Before October 1
Apple has published two separate updates to its Developer Program License Agreement this year, one carrying new European Union terms and one carrying new Brazil terms, and both require a developer’s signature before Thursday, October 1, 2026. Apple’s developer news dated the EU version August 18, 2026, and the Brazil version June 18, 2026: two…
Apple's EU App Store Deadline: What Developers Must Do Before October 1
Apple’s new business terms for apps in the European Union take effect Thursday, October 1, 2026, which by September 12 leaves developers under three weeks to act. Apple’s own pages point to four things to check before then: sign the updated developer agreement, choose payment options with a 12-month lock-in in mind, confirm marketplace eligibility…
Apple's EU Link-Out Rule: Only Sales Within 7 Days of a Tap Face a Commission
Under Apple’s new EU business terms, effective Thursday, October 1, 2026, a purchase made after a customer taps a link out of an app counts toward Apple’s Store Services Commission only if it happens within 7 days of that tap. Apple’s developer support page states the window as a flat number, with no separate figure…
Apple's New EU App Store Terms Lock In Payment Choices for 12 Months
Apple’s new EU business terms, effective Thursday, October 1, 2026, require a developer to select its payment options for the European Union and keep that selection in place for 12 months. The choice covers Apple In-App Purchase, alternative in-app payment processing, linking out to the web, or a combination of those, and Apple’s developer support…
Apple's EU Marketplace Rules: The $1,000,000 Letter of Credit Requirement Explained
From Thursday, October 1, 2026, a company qualifies to run an alternative app marketplace in the European Union, or to distribute an app from its own website, if it meets any one of seven tests Apple lists on its developer support page. One of those seven is a letter of credit of USD 1,000,000, a…
Apple's New EU App Store Terms Take Effect October 1: The Full 26/20/15/5 Rate Card
Apple’s new business terms for apps distributed in the European Union take effect Thursday, October 1, 2026. The change replaces the Core Technology Fee with a flat 5 percent Core Technology Commission, eliminates two other fees outright, and folds everything into a single rate card of 26, 20, 15 and 5 percent depending on how…
iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch in the EU: Apple's Software Gap Is Wider Than Siri AI Alone
Apple’s own pages carve the European Union out of three separate pieces of its new software this fall, not one. Siri AI is the loudest of the three, but a support document Apple published alongside Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 extends a version of the same carve-out to the Watch, and a footnote…
Six iOS 27 Features That Need Siri AI, and the List Apple's EU Footnote Never Prints
Apple has published one sentence saying that “features that rely on Siri AI” are excluded in the European Union alongside Siri AI itself, and it has never published the list of what those features are. Working only from Apple’s own pages, six things in iOS 27 are either branded as Siri AI or stated to…
Siri AI Syncs Your Conversations Across Five Platforms, and the EU Rules Out Three of Them
Apple describes the new Siri app as one place for every Siri AI conversation, synced privately over iCloud so a chat started on a Mac can be picked up on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Apple Vision Pro. In the European Union, three of those five platforms do not get Siri AI when iOS 27…
Siri AI on Mac in the EU: Apple’s Exclusion Names iOS, iPadOS and watchOS, Not macOS
Apple’s sentence about Siri AI in the European Union names three operating systems, and macOS is not one of them. The wording is that Siri AI “will not be available initially in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS,” while Mac and Apple Vision Pro users in the EU can use it when their system…
Siri AI Is Not Available in the EU on iPhone: Apple's DMA Dispute, What EU Users Get and When
Siri AI will not be available on iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch in the European Union when iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and watchOS 27 ship on Monday, September 14. Apple’s press release says EU users can access Siri AI on Mac and Apple Vision Pro instead, and it has given no date for the iPhone.…
EU Accepts Apple's Plan to Open NFC for Third-Party Mobile Payment Apps
The European Union (EU) has given Apple the green light to open up its mobile payments system and let competitors use the iPhone’s NFC.
European Union's Digital Markets Act May Flip Apple on Its Head, Bring 'Sheriff' to Silicon Valley
The EU’s Digital Markets Act goes into force today, and tech giants such as Apple will have 6 months to comply with the new laws.
NSO's Pegasus Spyware Sees Use in Five EU Countries, Interim Report Sees Publication
The EU has just released an interim report concerning NSO’s Pegasus spyware. The company admitted to five EU countries using the software.
Apple Facing Another EU Antitrust Charge In Response to Streaming Music Probe
Apple is facing an additional charge from the EU concerning breaking antitrust laws. Investigations began after a complaint from Spotify.
Legislation in EU Parliament May Create New Battery Mandates
New legislation making its way through the European Parliament may change how batteries are stored in electronic devices.
European Council Establishes New Rules For "GateKeeping" Tech Giants
The European Council established new rules for tech giants Thursday evening. Over a period of four years, Big Tech will have to make changes.