The injunction has been postponed by a week.
The injunction has been postponed by a week.
In two days, on October 22nd, was set as Google’s target date to begin making its app store accessible, cease the mandatory use of Google Play Billing for developers, enable them to establish their own pricing, and other changes, following Epic’s continuous victories in Epic v. Google. However, both Epic and Google have just successfully and somewhat inexplicably requested an additional week’s deferment.
US District Court Judge James Donato has just approved a postponement of the enforcement of his permanent injunction to October 29th instead. Here’s the order text. It’s short and sweet!
ORDER. At the mutual request of the involved parties, MDL Dkt. No. 1110, the impending October 22, 2025 deadline regarding specific provisions of the Injunction, MDL Dkt No. 1017, in this case will be vacated and extended to October 29th, 2025. Signed by Judge James Donato on 10/20/2025.
It is also unclear why Google requested the extension, or why Epic consented to it, particularly after Epic CEO Tim Sweeney previously hailed the October 22nd deadline as the day “developers will be legally able to direct US Google Play users to third-party payments without incurring fees, scare screens, and friction – similar to Apple App Store users in the US!” Filings made by both parties do not indicate a reason for the delay.
So… we are now looking at October 29th. Google previously informed The Verge that it would meet its legal obligations while continuing its appeal, meaning we anticipate that Google pages like this one will stop asserting that Google Play Billing is necessary for developers distributing apps via Google Play.
Unless, of course, the Supreme Court issues a stay before that… Google mentioned earlier that it would submit its Supreme Court appeal by October 27th.
