Overview

• Justices declined Google’s emergency bid to pause parts of Judge James Donato’s order, issuing no explanation for the denial.
• The external-link provision enabling in‑app links to non‑Google billing is slated to begin later in October; Epic’s Tim Sweeney said developers can start steering users on October 22.
• Requirements to distribute third‑party app stores through Google Play and to share Play’s app catalog with rivals are scheduled to take effect in July 2026.
• Google said it will file a full Supreme Court appeal by October 27 and argues the order is unprecedented and raises safety, security, and competitive concerns.
• A jury found for Epic in 2023, and the 9th Circuit upheld the injunction in July, finding extensive evidence of anticompetitive conduct by Google.