Two more Apple products, specifically Maps and Ads, could be big enough to be designated as gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The EU has announced that it has received notifications from the company that those services meet DMA thresholds.

The EU Commission announced yesterday that it has 45 days to determine whether Apple Maps and Apple Ads are core platform services that need to be regulated under the DMA.

EU regulators are investigating Apple for Digital Markets Act violations — but this time it's the company's Maps and advertising services under the microscope.

The EU has begun looking into whether Apple Maps and Apple Ads should be designated as "gatekeepers" and subject to greater regulation (via Reuters). The App Store, iOS, and Safari were classified as gatekeepers two years ago,

European Union (EU) antitrust regulators plan to examine whether Apple Ads and Apple Maps should be subject to the requirements of the bloc’s digital rules after both services hit key criteria, reports Reuters.

Regulation enforcement against Apple in the EU may be about to intensify. Under the Digital Markets Act rules, the

Apple told the European Commission its ‌core platform services Apple Ads and Apple Maps meet the thresholds ⁠set by ‌the Digital Markets Act, the Commission ‍said in a statement on Friday. The EU Commission has ​45 working days to ‌decide whether to designate Apple as a gatekeeper for any of these services and if designated,