Apple says it will disable the synchronization of Wi-Fi networks between the iPhone and the Apple Watch to circumvent European Union regulations, according to the French site Numerama.
The European Commission wanted to force Apple to share your Wi-Fi history with third parties to promote competition, which Apple refuses to do.
Apple takes issue with opening up iPhone hardware to third parties because the company sees this as a threat to the privacy of its users. The company previously said the EU’s demands created “a process that is unreasonable, costly, and stifles innovation.”
In a statement to AppleInsider in June 2025, an Apple spokesperson said that the EU’s requirements would “hand data-hungry companies sensitive information, which poses massive privacy and security risks to our EU users.”
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