Europe is trying to get non-Apple smartwatches to work better with iPhones

is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and content moderation reform. The European Commission is instructing Apple to make iOS work better with third-party devices like smartwatches and headphones. The Commission adopted two legally binding decisions Tuesday under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European competition law that governs large digital gatekeepers. The first decision will give app developers and device manufacturers more access to key iPhone features so that it’ll be easier for third-party gadgets to pair, transfer data, or display notifications. The second will require Apple to be more transparent in general around interoperability, giving developers access to technical documentation about how to make their services work with iPhones and iPads, and making sure there’s a “more predictable timeline” for how interoperability re ... Read full article.