A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict condemning Google’s Android app store as an illegal monopoly, clearing the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shakeup that’s designed to give consumers more choices.

Alphabet’s Google on Thursday failed to persuade a US appeals panel to overturn a jury verdict and federal court order requiring the technology giant to revamp its app store Play. The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims from Google that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited “Fortnite” maker Epic Games,

With a US court affirming Google's monopoly verdict, Epic Games may soon bring Fortnite and its app store back to Android through Google Play Store

The court rejected Google’s argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games.

Epic Games will soon bring Fortnite and other titles back to Android platforms following a legal victory that allows it to launch the Epic Games Store on Google Play. CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed the news on X, saying the store, which is already available via Epic’s website, will soon arrive on the Play Store as well.

A U.S. appeals court on Friday agreed to delay a sweeping overhaul of Google's app store Play, as the technology giant continues to challenge a judge's order requiring the reforms in a lawsuit brought by “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google lost its appeal of a judge’s order requiring an overhaul of the technology giant’s app store policies in an antitrust case filed by Fortnite-maker Epic Games Inc.

Appeals court upheld the ruling from the original Epic v. Google lawsuit. Now Google must allow third-party stores on its app store.

Google tried and failed on Thursday to persuade a U.S. appeals panel to rescind a jury verdict and federal court order in the Epic Games lawsuit that requires it to revamp its app store, Play. The San Francisco-based 9th U.