Google app store overhaul expected by end of July

Google will open its Google Play Store to third-party app stores starting July 22, 2025, following a court-ordered injunction from U.S. District Judge James Donato. The injunction, part of a 2023 lawsuit by Epic Games, prohibits Google from favoring its own app store and requires it to carry competing app stores on Android devices in the U.S. through 2029.