Google has to make some changes to its app listing and billing policies in the wake of the Epic Games lawsuit.

Google has to open up the Play Store. On Monday, US District Judge James Donato issued a permanent injunction forcing the company to open its storefront to competitors for three years and make Android apps available in alternate stores.

Google will be restricted from paying fees or sharing revenue with companies in exchange for them choosing to not compete with Google’s app store.

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

A U.S. judge has mandated Google to open Android to rival third-party app stores and allow them to manage app transactions independently. The ruling r

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.

Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly — and now it will have to change. Today, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in Epic v. Google, ordering Google to effectively open up the Google Play app store to competition for three whole years.

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.