Overview

• A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel granted Google a temporary stay until August 8 on implementing mandatory Play Store reforms
• The underlying injunction requires Google to stop paying manufacturers to preinstall its app store and to allow rival Android marketplaces and payment processors
• Google says the mandated changes would undermine user safety, limit consumer choice and hamper Android innovation as it prepares a Supreme Court challenge
• Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney celebrated the court’s affirmation of the antitrust verdict and announced that the Epic Games Store for Android will soon appear on the Play Store
• Observers warn the final outcome could reshape Android’s app distribution, alter developers’ fee structures and expand options for millions of users