Third-party app stores are coming to Android phones in the US soon. Google has launched a dedicated page for its Play Catalog Access Program, announcing that third-party US Android app stores will be ...

Google finally let an alternative app store into Play. I tried it, and it's a mess.

Aptoide Games becomes the first rival Android app store distributed through Google Play in the US, following court-ordered changes from Epic v. Google.

Forcing Google to distribute third-party app stores in Google Play was one of several remedies imposed by Judge James Donato ...

After years of users begging – and legal action against the company – Google is finally giving Android users the ability to use third-party app stores. The dramatic change means that the Google Play ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge ordered Google to make it more straightforward for Android users to download third-party app stores. Credit: CNET ...

As part of the antitrust settlement between Google and Epic Games, third-party app developers will have access to the Google Play Store beginning next week. Owners of Android phones in the US will be ...

Big changes are coming to Android apps, but they’re not the changes Google wanted. The settlement between Google and Epic that aimed to put to rest the companies’ long-running antitrust battle is ...

The Google Play Store has been the default home for officially downloading Android apps for years, but that's about to change. Later this month, Google will enact changes that should make it much ...

Having been legally ordered to allow users to buy and install apps and games from third-party stores, Google has added the Aptoide store to its own Google Player store. Currently only available in the ...