GOOGLE AND EPIC GIVE UP FIGHTING — THIRD-PARTY ANDROID APP STORES ARE COMING NEXT WEEK
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Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that's changing how Android app stores work in the United States - and that means Google will be forced to carry rival… In fact, Google tells the court, it's ready to begin carrying third-party app stores on Wednesday, July 22nd.
Does that mean it's time for Microsoft to launch an Xbox game store on Android? In October 2024, Judge James Donato originally agreed that forcing Google to carry rival Android app stores within its own Google Play store for several years, and share its own entire catalog of apps with tho … Read…
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- Topic: TECH — the feed headline centres on GOOGLE, EPIC, GIVE, FIGHTING, THIRD.
- Original feed: The Verge.
- Published: 15 Jul 2026, 04:28 UK.
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- The Verge: Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that's changing how Android app stores work in the United States - and that means Google will be forced to carry rival…
- The Verge: In fact, Google tells the court, it's ready to begin carrying third-party app stores on Wednesday, July 22nd.
- The Verge: Does that mean it's time for Microsoft to launch an Xbox game store on Android?
- The Verge: In October 2024, Judge James Donato originally agreed that forcing Google to carry rival Android app stores within its own Google Play store for several years, and share its own entire catalog of apps with tho … Read…
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- 15/07/2026, 04:28 PRIMARY FEED GOOGLE AND EPIC GIVE UP FIGHTING — THIRD-PARTY ANDROID APP STORES ARE COMING NEXT WEEK (The Verge • 2 hrs ago) [Story Intel]
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