Ecodesign requirements will apply to smartphones, feature phones, cordless phones and slate tablets placed on the EU market from 20 June 2025 onwards. Energy Labelling requirements will apply from the same date for smartphones and slate tablets. These rules do not apply to tablet computers, to products with flexible main display (roll-up), and to smartphonesweiterlesen

Smartwatches, GPS-Uhren, Kopfhörer und Mixed-Reality-Headsets: Solche Hardware müssen iPhones künftig besser unterstützen, auch wenn auf diesen Geräten kein Apple-Logo prangt. Apple muss dafür nach neuen Vorgaben der EU-Kommission spezifische Schnittstellen in iOS 19 und iOS 20 schaffen. Funktionen, die bislang Apples hauseigenen Geräte wie Watches, AirPods und Vision Pros vorbehalten bleiben, stehen dadurch erstmals auchweiterlesen

Progressive Web Apps waren Mitte Februar der Aufreger; Anfang März rollte Apple zurück. Previously, Apple announced plans to remove the Home Screen web apps capability in the EU as part of our efforts to comply with the DMA. The need to remove the capability was informed by the complex security and privacy concerns associated withweiterlesen

This is the reason why I get a bit frustrated whenever I see somebody in tech dismisses the EU as just trying to protect European companies from competition with their glorious and wonderful US companies. […] But the single market is what it’s for. Without it, the EU would cease to exist. To understand whatweiterlesen

Apple, in ihrer eigenen Frage-Antwort-Sektion über den Digital Markets Act: The iOS system has traditionally provided support for Home Screen web apps by building directly on WebKit and its security architecture. That integration means Home Screen web apps are managed to align with the security and privacy model for native apps on iOS, including isolationweiterlesen

Yesterday, the Commission has adopted decisions closing four market investigations that were launched on 5 September 2023 under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), finding that Apple and Microsoft should not be designated as gatekeepers for the following core platform services: Apple’s messaging service iMessage, Microsoft’s online search engine Bing, web browser Edge and online advertisingweiterlesen

Ich warte weiter auf den Aufruhr, den man mir für den Umstieg von Lightning auf USB-C versprach … Währenddessen stöpsele ich alles ein, was jetzt einzustöpseln geht – zuletzt dieses Mikrofon. Die Android-Fraktion lächelt zu Recht: Ganz praktisch betrachtet, ist das iPhone mit USB-C-Anschluss nun sehr viel fähiger. Apple selbst hält das hier fest. „Standards Areweiterlesen