Google is opening up the Play Store’s walled garden in the US and now allows developers to link to alternative app stores and payment options.

If you went through the trouble of installing Android Auto on your car stereo, you owe it to yourself to try more apps besides Google Maps and Spotify.

UPDATE (October 9, 2025): The Google Play Store has become a gift card mall, in a way. Read more about the change at the very end of the article. Summary: In this article, you’ll get plenty of ...

While Netflix and other services are available via third-party, unofficial add-ons, YouTube takes precedence, as one of the ...

Google is opening up the Play Store in the US, allowing users to download apps and make payments outside it starting October 29, 2025.

In addition to offering AI summaries of reviews for apps and games, the Play Store has offered an "App highlights" feature since last year. Meanwhile, the Q&A feature we mentioned above has been in ...

Effective immediately, Android apps distributed through the Play Store are no longer required to use Google Play Billing services, as has been the case for years. This change is effective in the US as ...

From today the US Google Play store will open up to alternative payment methods is an injunction from the Epic vs. Google ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google to make major changes to its app store ...

Google is rolling out a new age verification system on the Play Store, asking users to prove they are 18 before downloading ...

The emergency order is the latest turn in a longstanding legal dispute between the tech giant and the creator of the popular game Fortnite. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington The Supreme ...