A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction on Monday that will force Google to offer alternatives to its Google Play store for downloading apps on Android phones. The ruling from Judge James Donato in court in California is the most significant outcome from Epic Games' antitrust lawsuit against Google,

Epic Games Store general manager Steve Allison also said the Free Games program is coming to the mobile app.

Epic Games is still working on its own mobile storefront, and whenever it does launch, it'll be continuing its free games program there too.

A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the comp

A U.S. judge ordered Google to open its Android app store to competition, following a jury verdict that the company broke monopoly laws.

A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company’s internet empire.

The injunction by U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco outlined the changes Google must undertake to open up its lucrative app store, Play, to greater competition, including making Android apps available from rival sources.

An injunction was issued after Epic Games won antitrust lawsuit – the latest legal blow to the search giant.

Alphabet Inc. must lift restrictions that prevent developers from setting up rival marketplaces that compete with its Google Play Store, a judge ruled, upending the search giant’s dominance in the lucrative Android app market.