Britain's competition regulator launched an investigation into Apple and Google's mobile ecosystems to assess whether they're in breach of strict new tech laws.

The country’s Competition and Markets Authority is investigating mobile ecosystems controlled by Apple and Alphabet’s Google to work out if they need to obey a strict new law governing digital competition.

The U.K.'s CMA is launching so-called "strategic market status" (SMS) investigations into the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google.

Google's Android and Apple's iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain's competition watchdog, which unveiled investigations targeting the two tech giants' mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to crack down on digital market abuses.

The CMA intends to probe the operating systems, app stores, and web browsers of both Apple and Google to see whether they should be subject to stricter regulation.

Britain’s competition watchdog says it’s investigating Google’s search ad business, adding to global scrutiny that the U.S. tech giant is facing

UK regulators on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google's smartphone ecosystems to assess whether they have

"The CMA's work has clearly shown that the dominance of Apple and Google in app stores, operating systems and web browsers on mobiles has been bad for business. It will likely have led to consumers missing out on new innovations, having less choice, and ultimately facing higher prices.

The DMCC probes that the CMA announced today have two main goals. The first is to determine if Apple and Google have strategic market status in the mobile market. According to the CMA, the second goal is to identify whether the companies engage in business practices that harm the competition.

The investigation will look for "potential exploitative conduct" by the tech companies, which dominate the mobile market.

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