According to a report, Apple’s iOS 26 updates will arrive with new features later this year, but according to a report, not all new capabilities will be available to all users. The updated software update of the Capetino Technology Firm will improve a better liquid glass user interface, and improve apps such as phones, messages, images, maps, wallets and Apple music. However, consumers in the EU (EU), allegedly, will have to wait a little for those features. Due to regulatory obstacles, Apple Intelligence features for users in the European Union delayed.
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A Wall Street Journal report states that the feature of Apple’s “visited locations” on Apple maps with the iOS 26 updates will not be available to users in the European Union when the software expires later this year. This feature stores a encrypted list of places on the user’s iPhone, including restaurants and stores. Apple’s lawyers allegedly said that the delay was due to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is designed to help small businesses compete with big -tech firms.
Apple Legal VP Kyle Ender confirmed that the company has already decided that some of the features of the WWDC will be delayed in the European Union, in a workshop with block developers and officials. According to the report, Ander termed the consumer safety as one of the reasons for the absence of some iOS 26 features at the time of launch in the European Union.
Although the places on Apple’s maps face delays in the European Union, the company is still in the process of choosing new features that will not be part of the first iOS 26 update in the region. Apple had previously attributed the EU’s DMA regulation to the delay in its AI features, which eventually arrived in February.
The iPhone maker made clean changes to its operating system in the last two years to comply with the DMA, which suggests a severe fine for companies that eliminate rules. These include allowing EU users to “load” apps on the iPhone, supporting third -party browser engines, and enabling NFC chip access to the handset for third -party payment apps.
However, the company has also criticized the rules and claims that it introduces consumers to security and privacy risks outside the company’s control. Last month, Apple presented a legal challenge to an EU order that instructs the company to open its ecosystem for other firms. These instructions were issued in March, in which Apple was informed about how to open its system to rivals under the Digital Markets Act. Apple must comply with the European Union order unless the matter is decided by the EU court.
