{
  "id": 477803,
  "title": "Google Play Store starts distributing third-party Android app stores – here’s how it works [Gallery]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/google-play-store-starts-distributing-third-party-android-app-stores",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-10T13:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Google",
    "slug": "9to5google",
    "url": "https://9to5google.com/2026/08/10/google-play-store-third-party-android-app-stores-launch/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Following a long battle in court, Google has opened the floodgates to third-party app store distribution via the Play Store in the US.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}