United Kingdom, Nov. 7 -- Apple will reportedly disable automatic Wi-Fi network syncing between iPhone and Apple Watch in the European Union as part of its upcoming iOS 26.2 update.

According to French outlet Numerama, Apple will be removing the feature - which allows iPhone to automatically share Wi-Fi network details with a paired Apple Watch - due to the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) interoperability requirements.

Under iOS 26.2, that feature will supposedly disappear for EU users, and instead, they'll have to manually enter Wi-Fi passwords on their Apple Watch whenever their iPhone isn't nearby.

The supposed change appears to be Apple's way of sidestepping the DMA's requirement to open iPhone wireless hardware access to third-pa...