For now, Google still appears to be testing the Download Manager for the Play Store. However, given that the feature is already in a working state, it should go live for the public sooner rather than later.

A federal judge has temporarily granted Google a bit of leniency in its legal battle with Epic Games over the Android app store. The move puts most of Google's requirements for opening up the Play Store on hold.

Alphabet Inc.’s Google won’t have to immediately revamp its Google Play store policies, after a federal judge in California temporarily paused his order that would have forced the technology giant to overhaul its app marketplace.

Google has now requested an emergency stay for the recent ruling, stating the upcoming November 1 deadline doesn't give the company enough time to mitigate risks, while claiming the court order will "expose 100-million-plus US users of Android devices to substantial new security risks."

A federal judge in California has granted Google's request to temporarily 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.

A judge has ruled that Google must open up its Play Store to third-party apps, a ruling that falls pretty decisively in Epic Games' favor.

A federal judge has ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition.

The now-delayed order would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Android smartphones starting Nov. 1.

The latest development is part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed by Epic Games, the developer of "Fortnite." Google had recently approached the California federal court, seeki