Google’s Android mobile ecosystem is also complicit in impeding competition, according to the CMA report, albeit to a lesser extent. The issues flagged by the investigation include Apple requiring all browsers on iOS to run on its WebKit browser engine,

Apple and Google face problems in the UK because of their mobile browsers. A commission of inquiry concluded that they are hindering competition.

Britain's antitrust regulator said its inquiry group had found the mobile browser market, dominated by Apple and Google, was not working well for consumers and businesses, supporting its decision to launch an investigation into the sector in January.