Apple is working on iPhone-to-Windows copy-paste

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/257946_iPhone_17_AKrales_0313.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple is working on a feature that will allow users in the European Union to copy content on their iPhone and paste it onto their Windows PC (or vice versa), <a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/03/apple-iphone-windows-copy-paste/">as spotted earlier by <em>MacRumors</em></a>. The move comes in response to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28534430-eu-interoperability-apple-developer/">an interoperability request from Microsoft</a> that asks Apple to <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/102430">open up its Universal Clipboard feature</a>, which supports copying and pasting across the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Under the EU's Digital Markets Act, developers and government agencies can work with digital gatekeepers, like Apple, to make their systems interoperable with third-party tools and services. The <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/632718/europe-digital-markets-act-apple-interoperability-smartwatches">EU's ruling on connected devices</a> has also forced …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/975020/apple-windows-pc-copy-paste-eu">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>