Aptoide has brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, as court-ordered changes open Android to competing app stores.
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11:31 AM PDT · August 10, 2026
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Competing Android app stores are now back on Google Play in the U.S., and Aptoide is the first to take advantage of the new option. On Monday, the Portugal-based app distributor brought its games store back to Google Play after more than a decade, crediting the loosening of restrictions that had been criticized as anticompetitive.
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Aptoide Returns to Google Play After More Than a Decade, Opening a New Chapter for Competition on Android
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Aptoide is now the first third-party app store available directly through the US Google Play Store.
Aptoide has become the first app store distributed inside Google Play under a judge's order.
Game store Aptoide is now available through Google’s own Android storefront in the US.
