Europe is trying to better work smart watches with iPhone devices

The European Commission directs Apple to make iOS work better with third -party devices such as smart watches and headphones.

Committee Two binding decisions were adopted by law On Tuesday, according to the Digital Markets Law (DMA), the European Competition Law, which rules the guards of large digital gates. The first decision will give application developers and hardware manufacturers more access to the main iPhone features so that it is easier for third -party tools data pairing or data transfer or display. The second will require Apple to be more transparent in general on the ability to operate, allowing developers to access technical documents on how to make its services work with iPhone and iPads, and to ensure that there is a “more predictable timetable” for how to review the inter -operating requests.

“Mark is the first time the committee determined concrete measures for the gatekeeper to comply with the Digital Markets Law,” says the Teresa Ribera in a statement. Apple can still fight decisions, according to the judicial review. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“With this decision (decision), we simply implement the law, and provide the organizational certainty of both Apple and developers,” says Ribera. “The effective inter -operating of the devices connected to external parties is an important step towards opening the Apple environmental system.