by dbadmin | Dec 12, 2023 | Epic Games, Google, Google Play, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A US jury has ruled in favor of Epic in its long-running battle against Google. The jury found that the Play Store and Play Store billing were an illegal monopoly. Google has confirmed its plan to challenge the verdict. Epic...
by dbadmin | Nov 30, 2023 | Google, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority 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 and charge about 10 to...
by dbadmin | Nov 30, 2023 | Google Play, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google has announced the best Play Store apps and games of 2023. The best overall app was Imprint: Learn Visually, while Honkai: Star Rail was named the best game. Google dishes out awards each year for the best Google Play...
by dbadmin | Nov 16, 2023 | Google, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Code within the Google Play Store indicates that Google is working on a feature internally called “Cubes.” From the code available so far, it appears that the feature would help with content discovery across various...
by dbadmin | Nov 15, 2023 | Android, Google, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Back in 2008, Google only wanted to collect a small charge to cover the costs of handling and billing on the Android Market. The company then settled on keeping 5% of the app store proceeds as revenue share. In contrast, by...
by dbadmin | Nov 14, 2023 | Epic Games, Google, Google Play Store, News
Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Google apparently paid Samsung $8 billion over four years to keep Search, Assistant, and Play Store as default services on its phones. Documents reveal Google also wanted the Galaxy Store to be available through the Play Store...