Aptoide Games Breaks Ground as First Third-Party Store in Google Play
Aptoide Games has made history by becoming the first third-party store to appear directly within Google Play. This move is a result of a multi-year legal dispute between Google and Epic Games, which led to a court order for Google to allow competing platforms into its app store.
Users in the US can already find and install Aptoide Games through the official Android store without manually downloading an APK file from the developers' website. This marks an important step towards more open app distribution on Android, as Aptoide considers this launch a crucial milestone in its mission to provide users with greater choice.
Aptoide has not yet disclosed the launch dates for Aptoide Games in other regions. The company's registration program for competing services, launched after the court order, paved the way for Aptoide Games' integration into Google Play.