By Malcolm Owen
Publication Date: 2026-05-24 15:49:00
Apple will be adding support for Google Cast and other alternatives to AirPlay as part of iOS 27, in order to appease the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
The Digital Markets Act is viewed by Apple as a problem, due to a lack of clarity about regulatory requirements and their effects. While this has so far meant the blocking of some features from reaching the continent, Apple is meeting halfway by abiding by some elements.
One of those will apparently be a change to iOS 27 for connecting to other devices. While Apple already has AirPlay for that, it will be moving to add more support for other solutions.
Sources told Mark Gurman that third-party streaming support is on the way, according to his “Power On” newsletter for Bloomberg on Sunday. This would chiefly include supporting Google Cast, the Android-centric alternative.
Users will be able to set AirPlay or another framework as the default way of beaming content between devices.
It isn’t made clear whether the…
