India tries telling Apple to pre-install government iPhone apps
The Indian government wants its own state-backed apps to be pre-installed on every iPhone and Android phone, but Apple and Google are expected to refuse.
India’s government has a thing about pre-installed apps, having previously told Apple it should let its experts examine them before any updates are allowed. That was reportedly in a private discussion in 2023, and appears to have gone nowhere — which might be what happens with the new demand too.
According to Bloomberg, India’s latest private discussions with Apple and Google revolve around the government’s own apps. It wants its own state-backed suite of apps to be supplied pre-installed on all phones, and also to be downloadable from third-party App Stores without “untrusted source” warnings.
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