Google Play Store rival app stores were effectively hidden by search results that returned retailers like Walmart -- a ...

A US federal court ordered Google to fix how the Play Store handles searches for rival app marketplaces within one week. US ...

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

Forcing Google to distribute third-party app stores in Google Play was one of several remedies imposed by Judge James Donato after Epic emerged victorious in 2023. The remedies also included lowering ...

Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by EU Commission enforcers of ...

Google has opened the floodgates, with third-party app stores on Android now showing up in the Play Store in the US.

It never fails to amaze me how bad Google is and continues to be at search. For a company that made its bones in this category, its apps lack the ability to adequately help me find what I’m looking ...

Google must treat third-party services like its own in search results, and allow apps distributed through the Play Store to communicate about other sales channels too.

What just happened? Most Android users rely on Play Store reviews to decide which apps to install. But sifting through hundreds – or even thousands – of reviews has rarely been convenient. Google is ...