Google is developing a Terminal app for Android that'll let you run Linux apps. It'll download and run Debian in a VM for you.

Google's plethora of apps on the Play Store face stiff competition from third-party developers. Many third-party apps rival or surpass Google's default offerings. Here are some of the best alternative apps available for the Android operating system.

It's been a bad month for Google in the courtroom, but today ended with some good news for the company. A federal judge granted Google a stay in its legal battle with Epic games, meaning Google won't have to open up its Play Store to third parties, at least for now.

That means Google may not have to open up its Play Store for years, if at all, while it appeals the verdict. In December, a jury unanimously decided that Google’s Android app store, the Play Store, had become an illegal monopoly, though Google is now appealing that jury verdict as well as the court’s order.

While Android has always allowed users to sideload applications from other sources, Google was found to have used its market power to kneecap all recent attempts to build third-party app stores. Judge James Donato says Google must undertake major efforts to address this behavior that could remake the mobile app landscape.

A federal judge has ordered Google to open its Android app store to competition, finding the tech giant had maintained an illegal monopoly that expanded its internet empire.

Google said on Friday that a federal judge in California granted its request to pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov. 1 to give consumers more choice over how they download software.

Google says that opening up its Play Store to third-party app stores "harms safety and privacy" and "puts users at risk."

E pic’s lawsuit against Google resulted in a final ruling that would require Google to open up its Play Store to third-party app store competitors, but that no longer appears to

A US judge on Friday let Google delay opening Android-powered smartphones to rival app shops, suspending a November 1 deadline ordered in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games.