Google finally let an alternative app store into Play. I tried it, and it's a mess.

Alternative app store Skich has become available on Android following its launch on iOS in the European Union earlier this year. The Android version of the store is currently onboarding developers, ...

The beauty of Android is its open-source nature, and while Google has endeavored to change that over time, app store ...

Aptoide Games becomes the first rival Android app store distributed through Google Play in the US, following court-ordered changes from Epic v. Google.

The Google Play Store has more than a million apps on it and billions of downloads each month, but it’s not the only place to get apps. There are many alternative Android app stores out there that you ...

As part of a settlement with Epic, Google is introducing support for “Registered App Stores” starting with Android 17. Certified third-party stores will utilize a “single store install screen” that ...

F-Droid has warned that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to ...

Alternative app store Aptoide has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that it maintains an "anticompetitive chokehold" over third-party app stores. As Reuters reports, the lawsuit was ...

You may have encountered situations where an app on your device shows “this item is not available in your country”; or after an update, new features become slower ...

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Google began offering third-party app store downloads in the Play Store earlier this week, but US District Judge James Donato says the company isn’t doing enough. After reviewing the process for ...

Forcing Google to distribute third-party app stores in Google Play was one of several remedies imposed by Judge James Donato ...