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Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Epic Games Inc. proposed a new settlement Wednesday to resolve a long-running antitrust case between the two companies.
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The proposed agreement would call for Google to share a catalog of apps available in its Play Store with rivals and allow alternate app stores onto Android phones after registration.
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In a court filing, Google and Epic said the new proposal would resolve concerns raised by Judge James Donato regarding a November 2025 settlement. Following a 2023 jury verdict that Google’s Android policies violate antitrust law, Donato issued an injunction ordering Google to make its app catalog available to rival app stores so that they can better build competing products.
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Donato’s injunction, which was later upheld by a federal appeals court, also banned preferential treatment for Google services on Android phones and required the company to let mobile app developers steer customers to lower payments outside of the Play Store.
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Google and Epic later reached a settlement that would have eliminated the catalog sharing remedy, leading Donato to raise concerns at a January hearing that the new settlement was a “sweetheart deal” for Google.
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