The Supreme Court didn’t save Google from Epic, and now the clock is ticking
Now Google again has just over two weeks – because the United States Supreme Court decided not to save Google before its Supreme Court call. Today, the court has rejected the request of the partial suspension company, which means that the permanent injunction is still in force, which means that Google must do the following things this month or be in violation:
Epic Games says that the deadline for Google to comply is now on October 22, 2025. “From October 22, the developers will legally have the right to direct Google users in the United States to unaccompanied payments, frightening and friction screens-identical to Apple App Store users in the United States!” Writes the epic CEO Tim Sweeney.
Google wouldn’t say explicitly The penis If the company now plans to remove the Google Play billing requirement, authorize other payment methods and authorize developers to be linked outside the play store for application downloads, among others, at the same time, it always tries to call on the case before the Supreme Court.
But the spokesman Dan Jackson says The penis that the company will comply with its legal obligations and adopted the following declaration:
“Android offers more choices to users and developers than any mobile operating system, and the changes ordered by the American district court will jeopardize the ability of users to download applications safely. Although we are disappointed, the order is not suspended, we will continue our call.”
Epic did not immediately answer our questions about the fact that he is now working with Google in the joint technical committee obliged by the court to understand how to bring Google Play Apps in rival application stores without compromising this security.
Google said it would appeal to the Supreme Certiorari Court by October 27, 2025 – but it would be after the deadline. The judge of the district court which had initially issued the injunction, judge James Donato, previously asked Google and Epic to explain how they will comply in its courtroom on October 30.
It is always possible that the Supreme Court will resume the case after the Google deadline.
