{"id":15073,"date":"2026-08-10T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15073"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:01:00","slug":"the-first-rival-android-app-store-just-arrived-in-the-us-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15073","title":{"rendered":"The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Dominic Preston<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 10, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of Aptoide Games as seen on the Play Store website\" data-caption=\"Google appears to have prepared a dedicated section for third-party app stores within Google Play, and Aptoide is just the first. | Screenshot: Google Play Store\" data-portal-copyright=\"Screenshot: Google Play Store\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/aptoide-games-google-play-store-us.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tGoogle appears to have prepared a dedicated section for third-party app stores within Google Play, and Aptoide is just the first. | Screenshot: Google Play Store\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the latest twist in Google&#8217;s legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google&#8217;s Play Store and download a third-party digital store with its own selection of apps. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.aptoide.com\/\">Aptoide<\/a>, a store specializing in mobile games, is <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/appstores?gl=us\">the first to become available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third-party app stores have always been available on Android, which is a more open platform than iOS in that respect. However, until now they&#8217;ve only been available if pre-installed on a device &#8211; as with the Amazon Appstore on Fire tablets or Samsung&#8217;s Galaxy Store &#8211; or installed via sideloading. Listing rival storefronts within the Play Store makes them much easier for \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/977269\/google-play-store-third-party-app-aptoide-games\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/977269\/google-play-store-third-party-app-aptoide-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Preston &bull; August 10, 2026 Google appears to have prepared a dedicated section for third-party app stores within Google Play, and Aptoide is just the first. | Screenshot: Google Play Store Following the latest twist in Google&#8217;s legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google&#8217;s Play Store and download<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15073\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}