Google must open Play Store to Epic Games and others after appeal loss

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority

Google has failed in its attempt to appeal a ruling from the Epic v. Google antitrust case.
The tech giant will have to follow the remedies from the original case, which includes allowing third-party app stores to be downloaded from the Play Store.
CEO Tim Sweeney has confirmed that the Epic Games Store will now come to the Play Store.

Be on the lookout for the Epic Games Store, as it should appear on the Google Play Store soon. After losing its appeal of a judge’s order, Google will now have to overhaul its app store policies. This includes letting third-party app stores onto its platform.

Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided (via Bloomberg) to uphold the ruling from the original Epic v. Google lawsuit. This decision found the Play Store and the tech giant’s payment systems to be monopolies. As a result, Google will have to follow the remedies from that antitrust case. These remedies include limiting the company’s ability to pay phone makers to preinstall the Play Store, allowing developers to use other payment systems, and opening up Android to third-party app stores.

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