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Administrative timetable

Market investigation

Provisional findings

22 November 2024: The CMA has published its provisional decision in its market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming. We have provisionally found competition concerns in the mobile browsers market.

The deadline for submitting responses to the provisional findings is 5pm on Friday 13 December 2024.

• Summary of provisional decision (PDF, 638KB) (22.11.24)
• Provisional decision report (PDF, 8.3MB) (22.11.24)
• Appendix A: Comparison of browser and browser engine outcomes (PDF, 758KB) (22.11.24)
• Appendix B: Googles agreements with device manufacturers and their impact on Android choice architecture (PDF, 315KB) (22.11.24)
• Appendix C: Consumer behaviour in the mobile browser market: Methodological assessment of CMA and other research (PDF, 350KB) (22.11.24)
• Glossary (PDF, 191KB) (22.11.24)
• Notice of provisional findings (PDF, 151KB) (22.11.24)
• Press notice: CMA publishes provisional findings in Mobile Browser and Cloud Gaming market investigation (22.11.24)

Hearing summaries

• Summary of hearing with Apple (PDF, 122KB) (22.11.24)
• Summary of hearing with Google (PDF, 127KB) (22.11.24)

Progress update

• Progress update on the Mobile Browsers and Cloud Gaming Market investigation (PDF, 126KB) (27.6.24)

Working papers

• WP1: Nature of competition in the supply of mobile browsers and browser engines (PDF, 806KB) (27.6.24)
• WP1: Glossary of terms (PDF, 109KB) (27.6.24)
• WP2: The requirement for browsers operating on iOS devices to use Apples WebKit browser engine (PDF, 669KB) (27.6.24)
• WP2 Appendix: Comparison of browser and browser engine outcomes (PDF, 652KB) (27.6.24)
• WP2: Glossary of terms (PDF, 114KB) (27.6.24)
• WP3: Access to browser functionalities within the iOS and Android mobile ecosystems (PDF, 410KB) (27.6.24)

• WP3: Glossary of terms (PDF, 108KB) (27.6.24)

• WP4: In-app browsing within the iOS and Android mobile ecosystems (PDF, 1.3GB) (5.7.24)

• WP4: Glossary of terms (PDF, 136KB) (5.7.24)

• WP5: The role of choice architecture on competition in the supply of mobile browsers (PDF, 2.9GB) (5.7.24)

• WP5: Glossary of terms (PDF, 144KB) (5.7.24)

• WP6: Cloud gaming services, nature of competition and requirements for native apps on mobile devices (PDF, 639KB) (5.7.24)

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