Google’s New Deadline For Epic Consequences Is October 29th

Two days from today, October 22nd, was Google’s deadline to statesman opening up its app store, extremity forcing developers to usage Google Play Billing, fto them group their ain prices, and more, pursuing Epic’s repeated wins successful Epic v. Google. But some Epic and Google person conscionable successfully and mysteriously based on for 1 last week’s delay.

US District Court Judge James Donato has conscionable agreed to push backmost enforcement of his imperishable injunction until October 29th instead. Here’s nan matter of nan order. It’s brief!

ORDER. At nan associated petition of nan parties, MDL Dkt. No. 1110, nan upcoming October 22, 2025 deadline connected which definite provisions of nan Injunction, MDL Dkt No. 1017, successful this lawsuit are scheduled to return effect is vacated and extended to October 29th, 2025. Signed by Judge James Donato connected 10/20/2025.

It’s besides not clear why Google based on for nan extension, aliases why Epic agreed to it, aft Epic CEO Tim Sweeney antecedently celebrated nan October 22nd deadline arsenic nan time “developers will beryllium legally entitled to steer US Google Play users to out-of-app payments without fees, scare screens, and clash – aforesaid arsenic Apple App Store users successful nan US!” Public documents revenge by some parties don’t mention a logic for nan delay.

So… October 29th. Google antecedently told The Verge that it would comply pinch its ineligible obligations while it continues its appeal, truthful that’s nan time we expect to spot Google pages for illustration this one extremity stating that Google Play Billing is required for Android app developers who administer apps via Google Play.

Unless, of course, nan Supreme Court grants a enactment by then… Google antecedently stated it would record its Supreme Court entreaty by October 27th.