Google has settled its US antitrust case with Epic Games on app store changes to give developers and consumers more choice.

Alphabet's Google has reached a comprehensive U.S. court settlement with “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games, agreeing to ...

Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps — and distribute third-party stores. Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full ...

Epic is also easing up on Google’s mandate that developers use Play Billing. Under the proposal, Google can require that devs ...

A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to open its Play Store to competitors for three years, a harsh setback for the tech giant stemming from a jury finding in December 2023 that the company had ...

The internet giant was ordered by a federal judge to make a series of changes to address its anticompetitive conduct. By Nico Grant Reporting from San Francisco In December, a federal jury in San ...

What is unfolding in the US aligns with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which designates Google and Apple as "gatekeepers" and explicitly forbids them from restricting third-party billing, app stores, ...

Google must open up the Android app store, Google Play, to competition for at least three years, a US judge ruled Monday. The ruling is the latest legal blow to the tech giant, which has already faced ...

Imad is a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

From 2026, Google will require verified developer IDs and signing keys for every Android app, even sideloaded ones. F‑Droid and anonymous contributors can't comply, risking loss of open-source app ...

Big Tech's grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan "Open App Markets Act" aimed at breaking Apple and Google's app store dominance. On Tuesday, June 24, U.S ...

Judge James Donato said that Google built the Play Store into such a fortress that even a behemoth like Amazon couldn't compete. A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to open its Play Store to ...