Apple could be holding back innovation in smartphone browsers, according to a British regulatory report, which recommended that Apple's and Google's duopoly in mobile ecosystems should be investigated with its new powers.

A UK inquiry has found that Apple’s policies are "holding back innovation in the browsers we use to access the web on mobile phones."

Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc. risk a formal UK investigation over their dominance of web browsers on mobile phones, according to a provisional decision targeting the tech giants’ stranglehold on mobile operating systems. Mobile browser markets aren’t ...

Apple's restrictions on mobile browsers are limiting innovation and holding back new features that could benefit iPhone users, according

In a new report, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) claims Apple’s policies are holding back innovation in web browsers. The CMA opened its investigation following its Mobile Ecosystems Market Study in 2021,

The group's biggest concerns related to Apple's policies on accessing the web on iPhones. It provisionally found Apple's rules restricted competitors from delivering new features that could benefit consumers.

LONDON (Reuters) - Apple could be holding back innovation in smartphone browsers ... said on Friday it had provisionally found the mobile browser markets were not working well for UK businesses and millions of phone users. The CMA's independent inquiry ...

Tech giants can manipulate consumer choices to make Safari and Chrome ‘clearest, easiest option’, UK regulator says

The CMA probes Apple and Google’s mobile browser dominance as new UK digital rules aim to curb anticompetitive practices in 2024.

Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.