CNET

Google Play Opens the Door to Third-Party App Stores, Starting Next Week

As part of the antitrust settlement between Google and Epic Games, third-party app developers will have access to the Google ...

Android’s biggest store-within-a-store shakeup starts next week

Google will host third-party app stores in the US Play Store starting July 22, following its withdrawal from the Epic Games settlement.
Ars Technica

Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store

Google has lost its appeal in the long-running app store antitrust case, which marks another major victory for Epic Games. Google lost the original case in 2023 when a jury found it abused its market ...
How-To Geek on MSN

You'll soon find alternative app stores in the Play Store, but there’s a catch

This is huge. Download an app store from an app store.

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn

Big changes are coming to Android apps, but they’re not the changes Google wanted. The settlement between Google and Epic ...
Android

Google to Finally Host Competitor App Stores Inside Google Play, Starting this Month

Beginning July 22, Google will permit third-party Android app stores to be hosted directly inside the Google Play Store for US users. Triggered by a federal court injunction from the Epic Games ...