[Image: App stores will now appear alongside apps in search. Previously, they didn’t. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/google-app-store-third-party-epic-compliance.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] The company’s lawyers are telling the judge in Epic Games v. Google that developers need around 10 more days to make the fixes he ordered. Judge Donato was not happy with the original way it looked, calling out Google for adding unnecessary “anticompetitive friction”.

[Image: App stores will now appear alongside apps in search. Previously, they didn’t.…

In a significant shift, Google is tasked with facilitating smoother access to third-party app stores for Android users. This decision is rooted in a lawsuit where the jury…