Would this include the UK I wonder?
iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
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Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#12I wonder, could this means we get better support for things like sending messages from Garmin smartwatches?
Previously, this was available on Android but not iOS as Apple didn’t expose the APIs for watches other than their own.
Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#13So this tap to pair won’t work in the US? The side loading stuff I can understand to restrict to the EU, but this just seems like a nice feature for everyone
> The side loading stuff I can understand to restrict to the EU Just curious: why do you understand they restrict it to EU?
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Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#14Would this include the UK I wonder?
It seems the UK will have to undertake their own procedure. Unless they rejoin before that (one can hope).
Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#15I wonder, could this means we get better support for things like sending messages from Garmin smartwatches? Previously, this was available on Android but not iOS as Apple didn’t expose the APIs for watches other than their own.
Depending on how you look at it, there may be two distinct parts to this:
a) API to not just read notifications but also perform the notification quick actions (if any), e.g snooze for a calendar event, mark complete for a reminder, and of course reply for a text (SMS or otherwise). This seems entirely reasonable and ludicrous that it doesn't exist.
b) API to access SMS / Messages. That one appears to be heavily guarded because security / E2E (for iMessage).
I mention b) because a lot of times people invoke the problem a being b) (and possibly a problem in its own right, forcing one to use Messages for SMS) but really for watches a) is sufficient and probably much more relevant.
There's also a.1) API access to media (images) in notifications.
In any case, DMA could definitely help crack both.
Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#16So this tap to pair won’t work in the US? The side loading stuff I can understand to restrict to the EU, but this just seems like a nice feature for everyone
> The side loading stuff I can understand to restrict to the EU Just curious: why do you understand they restrict it to EU?
It's pretty clear isn't it?
They do so with third-party app stores.
And if they wanted to have airpods-like pairing to third-parties in US, they would already have.
The only reason they might bring this to US is customers will be royally pissed.
Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#17Would this include the UK I wonder?
Just realised I’m not in the EU (from UK). There was me thinking about digging my old Garmin out!
Re: iOS 26.3 brings AirPods-like pairing to third-party devices in EU under DMA
#18Wow, it's almost as if regulations were necessary to curtail the worst excesses of capitalism and steer it towards user interest instead of maximal exploitation...
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#20Three months ago a commenter here on HN claimed to me that this will be bad for Apple users: > There is simply no good way to make the API public while maintaining the performance and quality expectations that Apple consumers have. If the third party device doesn’t work people will blame Apple even though it’s not their fault. And, competition probably can’t build for it anyway: > It’s impossible to build Apple Silic…
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