ALL THE CHANGES COMING TO GOOGLE PLAY AND SIDELOADING FOLLOWING $700M SETTLEMENT

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Google will pay $700 million as part of a settlement with the US attorney general for a lawsuit over the Google Play Store. It has also agreed to implement third-party app stores, side-loading, and alternative billing on Android. Google will not be able to enter deals with phone makers to have Google Play as an exclusive app store on devices for at least five years. More details about the settlement agreement are available in the article.