U.S. District Court Judge James Donato just agreed to delay the execution of his permanent injunction until October 29. Here is the text of the order. It’s short!
ORDER. At the joint request of the parties, MDL Dkt. No. 1110, the upcoming deadline of October 22, 2025 at which certain provisions of the order, MDL Dkt No. 1017, are expected to take effect in this case, is waived and extended until October 29, 2025. Signed by Judge James Donato on 10/20/2025.
It’s also not clear why Google pushed for the extension, or why Epic agreed to it, after Epic CEO Tim Sweeney previously celebrated the October 22 deadline as the day when “developers will be legally entitled to send US Google Play users to out-of-app payments, without fees, screens and friction – the same as Apple App Store users in the US!” Public documents filed by both sides give no reason for the delay.
So… October 29th. Google has told us before The edge that it would meet its legal obligations while continuing its appeal, so that’s the day we expect to see Google pages like this one stop claiming that Google Play Billing is required for developers who distribute apps through Google Play.
Unless, of course, the Supreme Court grants a stay by then… Google previously stated that it would appeal to the Supreme Court by October 27.
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