If Amazon can't make a third-party Android app store work, no one can

Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down its Android app store. The Amazon Appstore has been available on Android ...
Android Authority

Activision Blizzard once planned to launch its own Android app store for games

Activision Blizzard was once working on its own alternate app store that would house Android games, pitching it as the “Steam of Mobile.” The initial plan for the store was to launch in 2019 or 2020 ...

You too can be an Android – Google's legendary Androidify app is back

But the Androidify app was removed from the Play Store in 2020, and hadn't been updated since 2016. Thankfully, it's now back and better than ever. Using the latest Google AI models, the Androidify ...
Yahoo

Google ordered to open up Android app store in latest legal blow

Google must open up the Android app store, Google Play, to competition for at least three years, a US judge ruled Monday. The ruling is the latest legal blow to the tech giant, which has already faced ...
The Verge

Activision Blizzard had a plan — or ploy — to launch its own Android game store

Court documents show the gaming giant wanted more from mobile. Court documents show the gaming giant wanted more from mobile. Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who ...
The New York Times

Google Must Open Android to Other App Stores and Billing Options, Judge Rules

The internet giant was ordered by a federal judge to make a series of changes to address its anticompetitive conduct. By Nico Grant Reporting from San Francisco In December, a federal jury in San ...
PBS

Google to pay $700 million to U.S. states, consumers in Android app store settlement

Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial ...