The hearing ran on 13 August in a San Francisco courtroom, The Verge reported first. It was a compliance check, not a new case.

A jury decided unanimously nearly three years ago that Google held an illegal monopoly over Android apps. Donato set the remedy in October 2024.

That remedy made Google carry rival Android app stores inside Google Play, and give those rivals complete access to its full app catalogue, for several years.

Google started doing it on 22 July. This hearing was about how well.

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