Google Play opens to rival Android app stores in the US on July 22, but competing storefronts must meet Google’s requirements ...

Google Play Catalog Access Program launched July 22 as the first court-ordered app store interoperability mandate in U.S.

Ahead of the wider release, Google is already testing a new option to enable third-party app stores on the Google ...

The latest Google System Services update introduces the option to add an app's widgets to the home screen during installation ...

Starting July 22, you'll be able to download third-party app marketplaces from the Play Store.

Google Play will open catalog access to third-party US Android app stores on July 22, following a court order tied to Epic ...

Amazon has announced that they are shutting down their App Store for Android. This will occur on August 20th, 2025. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able ...

A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction on Monday that will force Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps on Android phones. The ruling from Judge James Donato in ...

Android 15 will extend the ‘app archiving’ feature to F-Droid. The popular app store is the first third-party platform to support the new capability. The Android Operating System (OS) has been ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...