How Android Auto reshapes the law of refusal to deal (and what it means in practice)

P. Ibáñez Colomo, here.

Who would've thought ;-)( here) ? 

Google’s bringing Gemini to your car with Android Auto

 TechCrunch, here. 

I was wondering whether the Bundeskartellamt proceeding covers Gemini for Android Auto at all. ("In Commitment 1 (“Interoperability with GAS”), Google undertakes to create and provide
the technical conditions to enable the Google Maps, Google Play and Google Assistant
services contained in GAS, collectively referred to as the “GAS Software Components”29,
to interoperate with voice assistants, map services and app stores of third-party suppliers
in IVI Systems in an equivalent way and to an equivalent extent as the GAS software
components interoperate with each other and that they are thus fully interoperable with
services of other suppliers. Google will make the necessary APIs, terms of service for the
use of the APIs and the documentation required for the implementation available to vehicle
manufacturers and their suppliers"

Platform Competition after Android Auto

 K. Stylianou, here.

My 2021 piece on the AGCM's decision  here. The original case was a bit richer than the current discussion - but lawyers, you know ;-) 

Google will stop restricting competition in connection with Google Automotive Services and Google Maps Platform

 Bundeskartellamt, here. 

B7-25/22 Google Maps Platform here. 

B7-25/22 Google Automotive Services here. 

"The commitments impose on Google further obligations within the meaning of Article 1(6)
sentence 2(b) DMA, as they either concern Google services which are not listed in the
European Commission’s decision of 5 September 2023 as core platform services repre-
senting an important gateway for business users to reach end users, or as they concern
Google Maps or Google Play but represent further obligations with regard to Google Maps
and Google Play compared with those currently applicable to Google under the DMA" 

Gatekeepers' Interoperability Mandates: A Contextual Analysis of the Italian Android Auto (Google Maps / Enel) Decision

 My today's presentation, here. 

Android Auto, our connected car service, lets consumers choose between rival services

 Google, here. 

Pourquoi Chargemap n’est pas compatible avec Apple Carplay et Android Auto ?

Chargemap, ici. 

Google denies Android Auto car system sends it user's driving data

TheGuardian, here.