Android’s biggest store-within-a-store shakeup starts next week

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Epic Games and Google have jointly withdrawn their previously proposed settlement, forcing Google to abide by the original October 2024 US court injunction. Starting July 22, 2026, Google has confirmed that it will carry rival third-party app stores within the US Play Store and open its app catalog to them via a new enrollment program. US app and game listings will automatically become available to these third-party stores unless developers explicitl