LONDON, June 8 -- For more than a decade, getting video or music from an iPhone to a television meant one path: AirPlay. That is about to change for users in Europe, and the mechanism forcing the change is the same regulation that already pried open Apple's grip on app distribution.

Apple is building native support for third-party wireless streaming protocols into iOS 27, including Google Cast, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who reported the development in his Power On newsletter. The feature would allow European Union users to set an alternative to AirPlay as the system-level default for sending video, photos, and audio from an iPhone to televisions, smart speakers, and compatible displays. The change is being made to satisfy the...